[pct-l] ] Thru numbers

[Joseph Anderson]

Cheers to Team Turtle!

Our "Oasis" cache was hit VERY hard this season as well.

Increasing numbers have made it necessary to re-stock more often, but the
problem isn't just the numbers.

When I arrived to re-stock one day, there were maybe 15 hikers enjoying a
nice break in the shade sitting in the chairs we provide.

Under several of the chairs and next to many on the ground, I saw 3, 4,or
more empties that they had already finished. And some got more after we
filled the cooler!

I DON'T like signs that tell you what to do or how to do it, BUT........
next year there will be a sign saying something like,"Have ONE OR TWO and
move on". Be considerate of those behind you and those who have to buy and
re-stock on a daily basis.

Last season a pair of hikers wrote (bragged) in our register about drinking
18 beverages between the 2 of them!

VERY inappropriate trail etiquette. Behavior like this will be the demise
of the "ice chest" caches if it continues.

Papa Joe
Casa de Luna


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 2:08 PM, <Fritz7ntd at aol.com> wrote:

> The sign in sheets we leave at our cooler with fruit and water (near
> Silverwood) are also not an accurate measure, but how often we have to
> restock
> the cooler is.  Ethel and I have been refilling the cooler almost daily for
> nearly 3 weeks now, and we can't recall any year when we have seen so many
> hikers come through.
>
> As for the comment about commercial enterprise replacing traditional trail
> angels, we will do this as long as we can, but if numbers were to say
> double  again, we would simply not be able to keep the cooler stocked on
> our
> budget.  On the other hand, whereas there used to be just one cache, there
>  are
> now 3, so just as thru hikers have increased, so have the number of
> angels.  It may just all balance out in the end.
>
> Fritz and Ethel, Team Turtle
>
>
> In a message dated 5/28/2013 1:29:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> dbanmrkr at yahoo.com writes:
>
> I'm a  section hiker and was booked and photographed as inmate number 710
> at Ziggy  and the Bear's on Monday.  I also dropped off 3 thru-hikers last
> Thursday  at Campo. They are queuing in the  pipeline.....
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