[pct-l] Hiker Trash (Literally)

gwschenk at socal.rr.com gwschenk at socal.rr.com
Sun May 22 00:14:47 CDT 2011


On our small section hike a couple of weeks ago, we followed a line of cigarette butts. Nice.

Gary

---- Guthrie Nutter <guthrie.nutter at gmail.com> wrote: 
> I just passed by that same restroom stop but didn't go in as I was in a hurry to bum water from the horse trough's faucet. 
> 
> It is stunning to see the level of LNT-ignorant people are out there.  Sure, orange peels are better than clif bar wrappers (picked one up today) but orange peels were found on trail a few miles south of Burnt Rancheria all the way to Sunrise.   I have a trail name for you *wink*. 
> 
> A few seconds of effort is all it takes to retain the natural beauty we share together.  
> 
> - G -
> 
> On May 20, 2011, at 1:16 PM, david woods <dkwoods33 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I used the rest room at the Sunrise Trailhead north of Laguna an hour or two
> > ago. I do not know if hikers were living in there during the recent bad
> > weather but one way or another there is quite a pile of what is obviously
> > hiker food wrapper trash in the corner of the Men's.
> > 
> > In retrospect I wish I had bagged it up and taken it with me but I was not
> > quite awake enough to think of that at the time and it is a bit far to go
> > back now (I am in Julian headed for Scissors Crossing).
> > 
> > This kind of stuff obviously does not reflect well on hikers and the hiker
> > community in general. Please take your trash with you and dispose of it
> > properly.
> > 
> > End of sermon/lecture/rant....
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