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

[William Canavan]

Are you really sure you want to go here?  Because once you start where do
you stop?

I'm one of those hikers that leaves lines in the sand when hiking.  I drag
my poles while drinking of snacking during hiking.  Sometimes while taking
pictures on the go.  The lines are gone with the next wind or rain so
what's the big deal?  Maybe we shouldn't walk on sand on the trail either
because it leaves footprints.  And what about those dastardly hikers that
make mile markers from sticks and stones?  Those markers wreck everything
because they could stay in place for years!

Don't try to institute a Nanny State out in the trail community because an
occasional few hikers act like jerks.

HYOH
Little Brown


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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 21:48:26 -0800
From: Cat Nelson <sagegirl51 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] How to not be an a-hole on the PCT.
To: Paul Mitchell <paul at bluebrain.ca>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
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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.
>
>
>
> Examples of points might include:
>
>
>
> * 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)
>
> * 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.
>
> * 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
>