[pct-l] So. Calif. Desert Water Caches

[albert at survivalcrafters.com]

I'm missing some concept here, how can you cache your own water? If we
arrive at the starting point and walk north towards Canada how would you get
water placed out there ahead of your starting point? Drive? Walk part of the
distance north and place water and then go back to the start and start again
with more water? I live about a 45 minute drive from Campo but have never
been there (go figure), can I drive over a week ahead of time and cache
water for later? If so, could I load up my car with 50 gallons of water and
just make a day of filling up caches along the way for everyone?

We did have heavier than normal rains here in San Diego a few weeks ago but
today it's a beautiful 74 degrees and we're headed into at least a 2 week
heat wave (low 80's) according to weather reports, no telling what the next
few months will bring water wise but it's feeling like it's going to be an
early, hot & dry summer to me.

Oops, kind of long. How do you cache water?

-Albert


 

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Scott Williams
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 6:50 AM
To: Eugene Leafty
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] So. Calif. Desert Water Caches

Each water cache angel works at his or her own speed and timing, but I think
they are all pretty conscious of the basic pack travel dates.  Caching your
own water is a great idea, and will help in that it's just that much less
water taken from the caches.  So if you have the time, go for it, you'll be
sure of your water supply.  Last year all caches were well stocked for those
of us that began 2 weeks before kickoff.  Some folks toward the back of the
starting pack, which would have been several weeks after kickoff, did report
some dry caches.  But being toward the front, water was not a problem, and
we had so much rain and snow in the south, that any stream that could flow,
was flowing.  That also could have lessened the amount of water taken from
each cache.

Shroomer

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