[pct-l] Trail booty (RE: Billy Goat's Lost Poles)

[linsey]

Hey Gang,

Perhaps I  am an antisocial Southbounder, unaccustomed to hiking with "the herd", but any gear I find is instantly deemed "Trail Booty", as is any gear I loose.  The only way I see around this is if I were to put my name and a contact number on my gear with permanent ink, so the finder knows who to contact.  

I would backtrack many more miles for my umbrella than for a redundant hat.  If someone had already picked it up, I may try and sweettalk them out of their booty but in my mind it is finders keepers if the item is unidentifiable.  

Sincerely, Lollygag



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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:35:02 -0700
From: Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com
    <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>

Message: 3
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:35:02 -0700
From: Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com
    <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Billy Goat's Lost Poles
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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I remember another story. I found a nice orange hat hanging on a 
stick next to the trail. Looked like somebody stuck it on the stick 
hoping to make it easier for the owner to find it. Well, I really 
wanted a nice hat and orange is my favorite color so I took it. A 
couple days later I'm hanging out with some new trail friends at 
White Pass and we're talking about cool stuff we've found and I pull 
out my new hat. Turned out it belonged to one of the guys and he was 
so happy to get it back.

I think it's better to bring stuff with you that you find because if 
the owner is going to go back and look for it, you might save him/her 
a mile or more of backtracking. And if they don't, you might actually 
find the owner later. But it's a crapshoot because there are section 
hikers who aren't going the same way in some parts of the trail.


Books I've written:
~ Piper's Flight
~ Adventure and Magic
~ Santa Barbara Hikes
http://stores.lulu.com/dianesoini

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I remember another story. I found a nice orange hat hanging on a 
stick next to the trail. Looked like somebody stuck it on the stick 
hoping to make it easier for the owner to find it. Well, I really 
wanted a nice hat and orange is my favorite color so I took it. A 
couple days later I'm hanging out with some new trail friends at 
White Pass and we're talking about cool stuff we've found and I pull 
out my new hat. Turned out it belonged to one of the guys and he was 
so happy to get it back.

I think it's better to bring stuff with you that you find because if 
the owner is going to go back and look for it, you might save him/her 
a mile or more of backtracking. And if they don't, you might actually 
find the owner later. But it's a crapshoot because there are section 
hikers who aren't going the same way in some parts of the trail.


Books I've written:
~ Piper's Flight
~ Adventure and Magic
~ Santa Barbara Hikes
http://stores.lulu.com/dianesoini