[pct-l] what to do about adz

[Slyatpct at aol.com]

The ATC also suggests alternate ways to hike the trail to help alleviate  
impact and crowding.  They also hire ridge runners in busier  areas to help 
explain LNT and to pack out the trash left behind in  shelters or abandoned gear 
along the trail.  From my experience that's much  less of a problem on the PCT 
where you have more experienced hikers.
 
What's ironic is that many hike southbound on the AT to avoid the crowds,  
but AT southbound numbers are as nearly as many as the total number of PCT  
northbound thru-hikers?
 
_http://tinyurl.com/32dmo7_ (http://tinyurl.com/32dmo7) 
 
Since 2000, the peak year, AT numbers have been dwindling, but more and  more 
are hiking the PCT.  
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/28/2008 6:13:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
pcnst2001 at sbcglobal.net writes:

If I had  a chauffeur I'd be inclined to get a ride
from Lake Morena to Kennedy  Meadows on Sunday, then
hike south to Campo, then get a ride up to  Ashland
and hike south to Kennedy Meadows... and from there,
go to  Manning and hike south to Ashland.     I'd see
the North  Cascades and the High Sierra at better times
than through-hikers usually  do.    And I'd meet all
the northbound through-hikers several  times, however
briefly.







**************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living.      
(http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/
2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/attachments/20080228/815a3d1b/attachment.html