[pct-l] water cache sabotage?/water for horse

[Edward Anderson]

I don't remember needing  water for myself at Sissors as I still had enough brought from the well at Sunrise Highway. Since I had planned on camping at Sissors I would have needed about 5 gallons for Primo. That's why I rode west.
MendoRider
--- On Sat, 4/17/10, Jim Bravo <jimbravo at wildblue.net> wrote:


From: Jim Bravo <jimbravo at wildblue.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] water cache sabotage?/water for horse
To: "Edward Anderson" <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 5:28 PM



I can just imagine what Primo was thinking when you stopped at Scissors, took a long drink, then climbed back up and asked him to go!!!!!
 


 
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> wrote:

Scott,
During my 2008 PCT ride, wnen I arrived at Sissors Crossing the creek was dry and there was a fair amount of water at the cache. Considering that the hikers would need that water I took NO water for Primo. I decided to ride up the sholder of the highway towards Julian and try to find a farm. All of the gates were locked and one with a cattle guard was too dangerous to try with a horse. It was getting late and dark. I continued about 3 miles and saw a light coming from a roadside building. It turned out to be a night light in an artists studio. No one there. I could see water running across an Irish Bridge 75' away and behind a locked gate. To reach the water I ended up leading Primo through the yard and having to remove his saddlebags to get through a narrow garden gate. Got water for Primo and camped under a big oak tree. Left early next morning, On the way to the 2009 Kickoff I stopped off there and met the property owner and cleared up the mystery of
 the Phantom Horse that stopped at thier property a year earlier.

--- On Sat, 4/17/10, Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com> wrote:

> From: Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] water cache sabotage?
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 4:40 PM
> Tortoise wrote:
> > Unless he has seen the "radical environmentalist
> hikers" or has other
> > good evidence, he is making wild unfounded
> name-calling and likewise
> > imputing motives.
>
> When you consider that the journal entry was a 1 1/2 day
> hike south of
> the first water cache, it is clear that the writer does not
> have
> first-hand knowledge of the presumed vandalism.
>
> I started my 2008 thru hike attempt philosophically opposed
> to water
> caches. I arrived at Scissors crossing with no water, and
> the San Felipe
> creek was dry. It is amazing how fast your attitude will
> change when
> your circumstances change.
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