[pct-l] HIDING FROM ILLEGALS

[Moynihan]

When you get to a point along the trail that you want to set down,
head off through the brush. There were so many little paths (not
actaul paths we walk on, more like animal paths or just sandy washes
created by the layout of the bushes). Go down one a little ways and
set camp. You'll be hidden and in a spot thats not a known camping
area.
If you really are worried, perhaps camping uphill would be a good idea
so they won't see your headlamp.
Chances are more likely your going to be attacked by a family of
skunks than illegals. (I had a run-in with such a family out of Old
Station, luckily I went without being sprayed.)

On 1/15/08, Mike Saenz <msaenz at mve-architects.com> wrote:
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> I'd imagine, once you're past Mt Laguna, you're out of "illegal
> territory". The checkpoint just northwest of Buckman Springs Road is the
> last checkpoint an illegal would need to get past.
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> I remember the area just south of Cibbets Flat where I saw a lot of
> discarded clothing and trash which I assume came from illegals. There
> are a lot of crisscrossing trails and dirt roads around that area.
> Perfect place for a smuggler to pick up illegals. I saw some discarded
> items up Long Canyon, but once I got past Mt Laguna, I didn't see any
> evidence of illegals.
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> Check out the photo I linked. The guy in the blue shirt is "Oscar The
> Illegal". As we hung out at the bottom of Hauser last ADZPCTKO, this guy
> was walking from the west along the canyon and bummed food and water
> from us hikers. He was trying to get to El Centro, asking how many miles
> away it was! I tried to tell him he was many day's worth of walking
> through desert, and that if he'd follow the PCT north with us, he'd be
> at Morena Reservoir, where there was food and water to be had, but he
> either didn't understand me, or didn't trust me. He kept walking
> eastward along the canyon.
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> Perhaps someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't recall any PCT
> hiker being accosted by illegals.  A good spot to hide from them, is a
> good place for them to hide.
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> I think once you're past I-10 you're past the illegal problem area.
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>  jomike at cot.net writes:
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> 	Is there any place to hide your camp from the "illegals" during
> the first 20-40 miles or is that whole area along the trail too
> exposed???
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> 	Wheeew
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