[pct-l] Flotsam and Jetsam

[Suzannah Swinehart]

Urgh. Maybe it's just me, but the idea of "jetsam" even existing on the trail really fries me. How on earth does this fit with LNT? Leaving your corn pasta in a hiker box is one thing, but dropping your extra gear on the trail just because you're tired of it is....yeah. 

If I were princess of the universe, all giardia encrusted undergarments would be promptly returned to the outside of the owner's pack with the aid of some superglue. 

One thing I do love is the "trail mail" system. I am a scatterbrain...I admit it...and flotsam has happened to me on more than one occasion. I think it was my bandana that got returned to me by a much faster hiker, and likewise I picked up and sent on somebody's lei a year or two ago. I love our community.

-Chipmunk


> Generally speaking, jetsam is the property of the finder, while flotsam 
> remains the property of its original owner.
 
> I can only assume that these laws arose after centuries or millennium of
> the principals of "finder's keeps" failing to reduce the chaos in society. 
 
> I would think that it would be fairly easy to discern those items found on
> the trail that are flotsam (packs, poles, cameras, etc.) and those that are
> jetsam (corn spaghetti, clif bars, giardia encrusted undergarments, etc.). 
 		 	   		  
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