[pct-l] Fw: Attn. Thur Hikers/LNT Please!

[Edward Anderson]

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From: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
To: Amanda L Silvestri <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thu, May 19, 2011 1:28:07 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Attn. Thur Hikers/LNT Please!


Amanda, It is disappointing to me that you found all that litter left by PCT 
hikers. People who leave their litter behind are disgusting - and affect the 
reputation of the entire PCT community.  You did the right thing by cleaning it 
up.  I have often, if I have room in my saddlebags, packed out litter from the 
PCT.  I usually attribute litter to "day hikers", not to PCT thrus.  I have 
noticed that the farther I rode north (north of Sierra City) the less litter. By 
then most of the litterbugs have dropped out and the more serious hikers 
practice LNT.


MendoRider




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From: Amanda L Silvestri <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Wed, May 18, 2011 7:10:30 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Attn. Thur Hikers

Today I was at Silverwood Lake between Deep Creek and Cajon Pass.  I went to one 
of the picnic pavilions to set up and do some trail magic.  What I found was a 
ton of litter.  Among the trash were pages from the PCT Trail Guide Book and 
Halfmile's maps, indicating that the mess was made by Thur hikers.  There 
also were Cliff Bar wrappers, silver foil wrappers, a lot of Ziploc bags and 
other assorted packaging for instant mixes, etc.  

 
The staff at this state park has been real nice to the hiker community, allowing 
you to stealth camp reather than making you pay.  Although they are supposed to 
charge $10/car per day, they have been allowing me free passage to set up and 
feed you guys as you pass through.  

 
Leaving a mess like this is not the kind of image our community needs.  I 
cleaned up the area and collected five plastic bags full of litter.  Not all of 
it was from our hikers, but I felt that I had to leave the general area in 
better shape than I found it to compensate for how It had been left by the 
hikers who had lunch there yesterday.  I know that a group of hikers lunched 
there yesterday because I was set up further up the trail yesterday and the 
hikers I feed then told me so.
 
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't leave our state parks or anywhere, trashed like 
this again.  You are the Good Will Ambassadors of the trail.  Leave No Trace 
even when you are not in the wilderness and when no one is watching.  

 
Shepherd
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