[pct-l] Water Cache at Scissors Xing

[Gail Van Velzer]

I did do this at Hauser Creek.  We have horses and need water and can't 
possibly carry enough.  A few days before, we made a 2 hour trip to San 
Diego to cache water...enough for our horses.  What they didn't drink, we 
left for hikers.  I'm hoping they carried out the empties!
Golly
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "marmot marmot" <marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>
To: "Luis Velasco" <velascoluis at cox.net>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water Cache at Scissors Xing


> This is not something I saw on the PCT but on the CDT and Arizona Trails. 
> In area /distance that is accessible to you --self-cache. On the PCT only 
> in the first 500 is it usually necessary. Even when some people flew in 
> from distances ,they rented a car and dropped water at road crossings. 
> Before GPS,trail angels etc. you simply wrote down mileage/coordinates. 
> Now it's easier. Take waypoint. Of course hide it well--really well!!!! 
> Sometimes I saw water left when the self cacher had taken what they needed 
> left for other hikers out in in an exposed spot   Those that follow pick 
> up the empties --so light to take out empty gallon containers. Marmot
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 26, 2014, at 10:55 AM, "Luis Velasco" <velascoluis at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> That is a Great question.
>>
>> I¹ve been pondering the same issue for years; not for the fact that water
>> is scarce between long distances but how to compensate for it.  Where I
>> live (San Diego) many of the trails are without easy access water 
>> sources,
>> without encroaching on private property.
>>
>> I¹m a Water Guzzler, so I simple carry at least 5 liters when I hike.
>>
>> However, I would really like to do the PCT trail without water caches and
>> want to know if any other Water Guzzler (like me) has accomplished this,
>> and more importantly, how?
>>
>> - Luis
>>
>> On 4/24/14, 8:14 AM, "gary_schenk at verizon.net" <gary_schenk at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> So the question might be, why are water caches so necessary? Is the 
>>> trail
>>> impossible to hike without them?
>>
>>
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