[pct-l] Water Caches

[Patrick Beggan]

People like to make a big deal about these caches, as I can see from  
the last fifty water cache messages on here. :P But really, who is it  
hurting? If those empties are tied together then I don't see a  
problem... and if they aren't tied together, the problem isn't the  
water cache itself, it's the lack of organization.

If you don't like using water caches because it takes some perceived  
(and I assure you, it's a value of perception) purity from your hike,  
don't use them. If you think people are starting to count on them as a  
sure-thing, well, they're going to learn that's not the case  
eventually. On the other hand, plenty of people are using these to  
make what would be an uncomfortable stretch into a comfortable  
stretch, starting with enough water to get across (but thirsty)  
without a cache and then using the cache as a luxury when they do come  
across it. Why ruin it for these people, doing it right, just because  
you're concerned about purity or less scrupulous hikers?

I say keep them how they are until someone in the park service says  
otherwise. People will do what they will do and this situation will  
sort itself out.



On Jan 1, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Slyatpct at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/28/2007 9:38:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, hikin_steve at yahoo.com 
>  writes:
> http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?jtype=photo&entry_id=641&photo_id=681
>
> This is a photo from Len Roughgarden (2007 thru-hiker) at about mile  
> 87, somewhere between Warner Springs and Mt. Laguna, showing all the  
> empty water bottles. What an mess!
> -----------------------------------
>
> Yeah but not as messy as a cattle fouled source.  At least this can  
> be cleaned up and the empties appeared to be tied together so they  
> don't fly off..
>
> Sly
>
>
>
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