[pct-l] Water caches

[Phil Baily]

Yes, and we were grateful. In fact, that whole hike I kept saying to 
myself that this does not seem like Switchback. He is too nice! Twins 
are always interchanging and not telling people!

Pieces

At 04:17 PM 12/31/07, Hiker97 wrote:
>Pieces wrote: My personal use of caches has depended strongly on 
>season, weather and the accuracy of my own advance estimates of 
>water needs. Their advertised presence does bring piece-of-mind and 
>has made hiking more pleasant when I have availed myself of their 
>benefits. I try not to use more than necessary. They are a big help 
>to lots of people, particularly those who walk lower mileage days 
>than most of those on this list. In my opinion they are extremely 
>helpful, particularly in some areas. They are desirable but not but 
>not a necessity. Of course, many cross-country hikers would say the 
>same about trails.
>--------------------------------
>RustyKnees replies: I remember Switchback telling me that Pieces and 
>Can'tQuit are deeply in debt to him for a water cache he hid along 
>Section E one year.  All three pulled into a campsite with little 
>water and none close by, since the established cache site was 
>empty.  Switchback quickly located his secret cache from the 
>previous year and everyone had lots of water.
>
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