[pct-l] Water Cache at Scissors Xing

[kevin at kegphoto.com]

According to an email on this list earlier today, over 80,000 hours were
put into maintaining the trail last year.  Surely carrying one or two
empty cans won't slow anyone down so dramatically that it ruins their
hike.


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014, at 03:39 PM, Scott Bryce wrote:
> On 4/23/2014 9:36 PM, Andrea Dinsmore wrote:
> > The problem is the garbage.......the hikers are blamed for
> > it......whether it WAS or NOT the PCT hikers.....would it hurt for
> > all the hikers passing by the mess to pick up some of it and haul it
> > out ??
> 
> You are aware, are you not, that the next convenient place to dispose of
> trash up the trail is 32 miles away? Unless there were trash cans at
> Barrel Spring 24 miles away. I don't remember. Are we really responsible
> for hauling some kid's beer cans 32 miles up the trail? Especially when
> we are already hauling enough water to get to Barrel Spring?
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