[pct-l] Hiker Trash (Literally)

[Jim Banks]

To hell with discreetly!  If you see someone violating LNT, then call them
out on it.  If someone is that clueless about LNT, then peer pressure is
about the only thing that will work.  If they don't mend their ways, then
tell them to get off the trail.  People are so afraid these days of being
thought of as "judgmental," that they are afraid to say anything to someone
like that.  There are no trail police, we hikers have to be the ones to step
up and confront this type of behavior.

I-Beam   



-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Lost And Found
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 2:16 PM
To: Marge Prothman; 'AsABat'; aslive at charter.net; 'Ate Tuna'
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; 'david woods'
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiker Trash (Literally)

I think most of the problems come from thru hikers who don't attend the KO
and don't subscribe to the Pct-l.

Obviously there needs to be multiple ways to reach them. 

Case in point:  we witnessed a male hiker peeing in a dry water trough under
the I-10 viaduct. That morning a female hiker had filtered water out of that
very spot. This hiker did not attend the KO, and unfortunately there were
too many people under the viaduct to discreetly tell him that was a no-no.

Lost and Found

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

Marge Prothman <marge at prothman.org> wrote:

>If the talks at the kick off don't make a dent in leaving trash behind the
>thru hikers, perhaps 
>there could be hand out when they check in for the kick off.  Strongly
>worded of course, enough
>to make the people who are likely to do this think they will be taken off
>the trail.
>
>Just my two cents,
>Marge (the old gal)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
>On Behalf Of AsABat
>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 1:53 PM
>To: aslive at charter.net; Ate Tuna
>Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; david woods
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiker Trash (Literally)
>
>There is a lot at Kickoff. Apparently those that need to hear it either
miss
>those talks (which include the opening remarks) or think it applies to
>others and not themselves. 
>
>Maybe the kickoff could require passing a test before being allowed in.
>(That was a joke.) 
>
>
>AsABat
>
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