[pct-l] Ice Axes On Amtrak

[C. Hansen]

For what it's worth, I took the Greyhound out of Seattle last October.  Didn't have an Ice Axe, but my brother did have an oyster knife.  It had to go under the bus with the luggage.  Only our carryon bags were checked, and those halfheartedly.  They're going for the illusion of safety, not actual safety.  While they checked the carryon bags, they didn't physically check us.  No metal detectors etc.  It was kind of a joke.

C. Hansen

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:21:09 -0800
From: Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com
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Subject: Re: [pct-l] Ice Axes on Amtrak
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On Feb 26, 2009, at 9:06 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Ice Axes on Amtrak
I didn't take an ice axe on the Amtrak, but I did take my stinky pack  
with my trekking poles.

The train is NOTHING like plane travel. They treat you like a human  
being. I put my pack on a rack downstairs and then sat comfortably  
upstairs, usually in the lounge car looking out the window. I was  
never inspected, never had to take off my shoes, never told to sit in  
my seat with a seat belt on, never asked a single question about the  
pack or the trekking poles, AND I got to eat with real silverware.

I only went as far as Santa Barbara, but if you are at all concerned  
about whether a train in LA will accept your ice axe, you can either  
ask them yourself or figure out a way to put the axe inside your  
pack. There is no X-ray of your stuff.

Diane



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