[pct-l] How to not be an a-hole on the PCT.

[Cat Nelson]

This could be a trail guide of a different color... A training manual , a
charm school for being a true blue thru hiker. Publish it and distribute
with the  permits....
On Feb 6, 2013 7:12 PM, "Paul Mitchell" <paul at bluebrain.ca> wrote:

> So, I was thinking that with ever increasing numbers hitting the trail at
> Campo that it might be a good idea for us to assemble something of a little
> guide pamphlet on how to not be an ass on the PCT.
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> Examples of points might include:
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> * Don't wash your feet and socks in the fire-water tanks we use as water
> sources. (Yes, someone has seen another PCT hiker do that)
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> * Remember that in towns you're an ambassador for the entire PCT community,
> being rude to a hotel owner gives us all a bad name.
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> * Don't scratch big messages for hiker-friends in the sand, it's nice for
> the intended recipient but a wilderness-disrupting eye-sore for many others
> (ahem, personally guilty of this one).  Likewise, don't hike with your
> trekking poles hanging beside you scratching long lines on either side of
> the sandy trail.
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> I haven't been on the trail in a few years and I know there were some
> examples of things I was baffled to see other hikers doing that I now can't
> quite recall, but if everyone here chips in on their points, perhaps we can
> put a definitive list together.
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> Perhaps it can be a little more positively framed than my examples too, a
> bit more humorous & focused on positive reinforcement.  Once it's assembled
> we could have it printed and available at kick-off.
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> Thoughts?
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> - Potential178
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