[pct-l] Hiker Trash (Literally)

[aslive at charter.net]

I like that idea of a "Trash Photo Page" on the PCTA WEB Site, but I 
question if the rught people will go there to see it.  Still, it 
wouldn't hert.

Shepherd


On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Alley Kitten wrote:

> Maybe the PCT Association can be moved to add a paged to their site
> highlighting LNT. Hikers could submit their photos of trash covered 
> areas to
> show how disgraceful and damaging litter can be to the environment.
>
> When the hubby and I go on day hikes, we take a small trash bag with 
> us, and
> we fill it up with garbage that we find along the trail. We make sure 
> to
> carry it in obvious sight so other hikers can see. Since we've begun 
> doing
> this, we've even seen a few other people doing this, now. :)
>
> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Edward Anderson 
> <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> While not all PCT users are thru's - and not all PCT users are 
>> litterbugs,
>> some
>> thru's who do not attend the KO might be influenced by a LNT flyer 
>> that
>> they
>> would get along with their thru-permit. I don't know how to reach
>> (influence
>> with literature) Section hikers who don't attend KO. PEER PRESSURE 
>> will go
>> a
>> long way.  Back in the 60's when I sometimes hiked/backpacked with 
>> the
>> Bruin
>> Mountaineers (UCLA), I recall that we had a small white card, the 
>> size of a
>> business card, that said in green letters "THIS CAMPSITE WAS CLEANED 
>> ,Bruin
>> Mountaineers".  Our hope was that others camping at that site would 
>> be
>> influenced to leave it as they found it.  I think that I still have 
>> some of
>> those cards.
>>
>> MendoRider
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "aslive at charter.net" <aslive at charter.net>
>> To: Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com>
>> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; david woods <dkwoods33 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 7:47:06 AM
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiker Trash (Literally)
>>
>> Perhaps there should be more emphasis on LNT at the Kick-Off next 
>> year.
>>
>> Shepherd
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Ate Tuna wrote:
>>
>>> Same at Hwy 74, but full freezer bag cooking meals that have since
>>> been
>>> ripped apart by rodents.
>>>
>>> On Fri, 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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