[pct-l] Water Cache at Scissors Xing

[Luis Velasco]

RegardingŠ
>> But either way, it is entirely up to the trail angel to decide to
support the cache or not.

Š Or perhaps a few off season hikers, or other benefactor(s) to clean the
place up on a temporary basis and defuse the situation.

I use to ask myself why no one cleaned up a great trail near my home, then
I quickly realized I had to set my own example.  It took me nearly 4 years
with the help of few helpful Border Patrol guys who would pick the bags of
trash I¹d leave at road crossings they¹d frequent.  Now the place is clean
(with a bit of periodic maintenance) ‹ and best, no silly restrictions.

Bottom line, if people are not willing to correct things on their own,
then others will simply restrict our freedom.

- Luis



On 4/23/14, 6:41 PM, "Brick Robbins" <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:

>On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Ron Graybill <rgraybill44 at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Of course, if the trash problem
>> is created by hikers, this solution might not help.
>
>there are two distinct possibilities:
>
>1) There are people driving down to the desert to party during the
>temperate spring. They are partying at scissors crossing and leaving
>their trash. Removing the water cache won't fix that.
>
>2) There are hundreds of thru hikers hitchhiking or getting rides from
>their "camp followers" into Julian to get beer and then are returning
>to sit under the bridge in the desert and drink the beer sitting in
>the sane, instead of sitting in under cool trees in Julian and
>drinking it there. They are leaving their hundreds of empties that
>they lugged down to drink under the bridge. TRemoving the water cache
>won't fix that either.
>
>A little bit of thought might indicate which is scenario more likely.
>I've been around a lot of rural kids parting, and I've been around a
>lot of thru hikers. I know which one is my guess.
>
>But either way, it is entirely up to the trail angel to decide to
>support the cache or not.
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