[pct-l] Snake marks

[jeff.singewald at comcast.net]

If marking the trail doesn't work, maybe we can get a new kind of trail angel to position themselves at each spot along the trail that thru-hikers see a rattler to warn them of the impending danger.  OK, said toungue in cheek, but I don't get it, why do we need to dummy up the trail like this.  This is the wilderness folks and when we set out to attempt this thru-hike, it seems to me that we shouldn't need these markings and such.  The guy that made the markings did just fine without them, why not allow your fellow hikers behind you to share the same unknown. 



Not signaling you out Sheperd, just stating a different view. 



Elevator 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amanda L Silvestri" <aslive at sbcglobal.net> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 8:19:41 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: [pct-l] Snake marks 

I liked the idea of marking the trail to indicate that a rattlesnake has been spotted near by.  If the squiggly line that was being used last year was misread as just being the result of someone dragging their trekking pole, why not make the mark clearer?  Lets make something that looks more like the letter "S", maybe even two letter long, a sort of S on top of an S with a little intentionality.  In this way it would be more recognizable and just as easily erasable.  Just a thought. 
  
Shepherd. 
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