[pct-l] Dear Class of 2010... Greetings

[Stephen Adams]

Thanks Patti,
Sounds like you found a treasure trove of neato things.  The JMT, especially certain sections like the Rae Lakes and Evolution loops, get high usage and we are and will be forever picking up after each other.  I figure it's just part of the deal.  I've hauled a few things out, probably the largest about a twenty ft by 6 ft piece of 6 mil clear poly sheeting I found shoved in some rocks near Lamarck Col.  ButI gotta think you got me beat out with the burnt shoes !  
On the other hand, stuffing someone's candy wrapper or misplaced coffee filter in my trash sack or trash pocket doesn't bother me.    I can't imagine I have ever accidentally lost a Jolly Rancher wrapper or some such thing, but I hope if I did someone like yourself snatched it up before it got into a creek, or so the next person didn't have to see it.  It's just part of the deal...  
But yeah, there are some knuckleheads out there aren't there.  

On Dec 16, 2009, at 5:16 PM, patti kulesz wrote:

> woohoo! me too! but can I change something u said? lol no really as for the leave no trace...leave it as clean as u found it OR BETTER! I picked up ALOT of trash when i hit the JMT section...fricking day hikers and maybe even the JMTers...I was so frustrated when i got to Tuolumne Meadows I had a FULL large canister of propane, a pair of water/camp shoes that someone tried to burn in a fire and food wrappers for dehydrated food that I found up at Donahue. And even though I fell and almost pushed the 911 button at the top of the pass I still carried all this crap out...gggrrr! not trying to brag just saying...keep nature nature even if it's not urs plz...thanx and hugs from the sugar moma
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> patti Sugar Moma PCT 09!
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