[pct-l] Big Pine vandalism FYI

[Eckert]

Just returned today from the eastern Sierra.  Met a fellow hiker at our 
motel in Lone Pine who was ripping out the remains of his shattered 
windshield, so that he could see to get home.  (The repair guys in town 
told him it would be three days before they could find a replacement).  
He, along with approximately twenty other cars at the North Fork Pine 
Creek Trailhead parking lot (west of the town of Big Pine, CA), had 
their windows shattered over the Labor Day weekend.  In addition, his 
also had a slashed front tire. 

On my way out of town, I stopped at the Visitor's Center, and questioned 
the rangers at the desk.  Two of the three I talked with hadn't heard 
the report, but the fourth was able to confirm the hiker's story. 
So far, the Inyo Register and the Sierra Wave haven't reported on it. 

Eckert