[pct-l] shut down aPCT water source? Drug Mules,C'mon Man.

[patti kulesz]

Yeh I was trying HARD to keep my mouth shut about this, b/c I really don't like 
to judge...but ugh....

Last year the ones who complained the most (and mind u there was water 
EVERYWHERE compared to 09) were the one's who had already hiked the AT. All I 
heard from them was, there should be more water caches, why isn't there a trail 
here that goes into town, bitch complain, whine! This ISN'T the AT! That's why 
they say the AT is more physical experience and the PCT is more mental! You're 
not gonna be spoiled here, so go home and hike the AT again if u don't like it! 

OK sorry...I feel better now lol
 
Sugar Moma  

 




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From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 6:21:27 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] shut down aPCT water source? Drug Mules,C'mon  Man.

Yeah, 23 miles is not a big deal. I didn't need any water from  
Paradise Cafe. I did need a Jose Burger, though, so I'm not all holy  
about it. It's just why get so upset about "needing" this water  
source? The trail can be done with natural water. I have met hikers  
in So Cal who prided themselves on never using natural water.  
Something is wrong about that.

Nothing wrong with knocking on a few doors, either. It bring the  
wildness back to the trail the way that water bottles strewn all over  
the trail doesn't. And to those who were disappointed that So Cal  
wasn't wilderness, I was aware in the northern parts of the trail  
that I was walking through a few "beauty strips."

Anyway, the AT sounds like it's got hiker feeds at every road  
crossing and I think a lot of PCT hikers are former AT hikers who  
want the PCT to be like the AT with food and water provided whenever  
they want it and strange rituals like carrying paddles and hockey  
sticks and binge drinking and other things.

Good luck everybody and enjoy So Cal. When you get to the Sierra you  
will actually be looking back in longing at the easy and fun  
experience So Cal was.
On Apr 20, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Gary Schenk wrote:

> On 4/20/2011 3:54 PM, AsABat wrote:
>> Some did,  but old journals tell of asking for water at houses and  
>> ranches,
>> rather like the CDT today.  But it's an option.
>> In this case it could be 23 miles from Tule to Live Oak Spring if  
>> seasonable
> > sources are dry.  Not like Hat Creek Rim but not a fun time for all.
>
> If a fat old fart like me could carry water through the San Felipes  
> without needing the cache at Third Gate, anybody can.
>
> Really, what do caches add to the experience? Or do they subtract  
> from the experience?
>

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