[pct-l] helping out

[Paul Robison]

the fire tank at rodrigez is almost the stuff of legends ... an old rusty tank 
with many dead lizards and mice floating in the top, forming a fatty film of 
gross.

... clean water there would be a huge benefit ... no amount of filtering can 
remove the mental yuck of the bloated dead animals you have to swoosh around to 
get to that ottom few inches of water in there.

in 2010 the ornwers of the outfitter in julian brought in a 450 gallon tank on 
the back of their 4X4 and hikers did not have to endure this, traditionally, 
horrible PCT right of passage.  i consider myself blessed.

~Outpost







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From: Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com>
To: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
Cc: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>; Scott Bryce 
<sbryce at scottbryce.com>
Sent: Thu, February 3, 2011 3:05:17 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] helping out


Is there a tank at rodrigez?
On Feb 3, 2011 11:07 AM, "Paul Robison" <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Youd never get a car to third gate... 
> 
> Rodrigez, however has a maintained dirt road to it, accessed from around 
>Julian... If interest I can get more detailed instructions.  You literally drive 
>right to the trail
> 
> ~~Outpost
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> 
> On 2011-02-03, at 11:36 AM, Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ok thanks for the input is there any way to get a truck into the 3rd gate
>> water cache?   Im looking for places with tanks in place so I can pull up
>> and top them off.  Wasn't really looking to leave a bread trail of water on
>> the pct.  Looking forward to the season already.
>> Gerry0625
>> On Feb 3, 2011 8:08 AM, "Scott Bryce" <sbryce at scottbryce.com> wrote:
>>> On 2/3/2011 8:03 AM, AsABat wrote:
>>>> A couple years ago a trail angel filled the always-empty water tank
>>>> at Mason Valley Truck Trail. Within a couple weeks it was empty,
>>>> whether from hikers leaving the valve open, vandals, or the state
>>>> draining it for"safety" reasons is unknown. (no use debating the
>>>> latter unless you have contact that can fix it please)
>>> 
>>> As nice as it might be to have water at Mason Valley, having water at
>>> Rodriguez Spur is more important IMO. If there is any question about
>>> whether the tank at Rodriguez Spur will be kept full, I'd rather have
>>> water there.
>>> 
>>> The water report says that there is a spring 1 mile west of the tank. Do
>>> we know how reliable the spring is, or how accessible it is?
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