[pct-l] Tuolumne Overrun by Thrus

[Gail Van Velzer]

I don't know why any business would turn away business, especially since the 
season in Tuolumne is limited.  But, the trash is another story.  It's part 
of the entitled attitude of today's people that they need to leave their 
"stuff" behind and make others clean it up!  There are ways of organizing 
the hiker boxes and tossing the "trash" on a daily basis.  As for the 
general trash, well, if anyone has a solution......

Golly

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea Dinsmore" <andrea at dinsmoreshikerhaven.com>
To: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob at comcast.net>
Cc: "PCT List Forum" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tuolumne Overrun by Thrus


> Donna had a perfect solution. Only allow 50 hikers in your business per
> day. It worked for her and kept the hikers flowing evenly. When the
> businesses get too overwhelmed they could possibly close to the hiker
> community.
>
> Andrea>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Bob Bankhead <wandering_bob at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Gary for pointing out yet another perfect example of a resupply
>> spot causing a bottleneck, thus leading to hikers bunching up
>> .
>> We should launch a forum tirade and berate them mercilessly until they
>> voluntarily close the place so as to stamp out this evil trailside
>> bottleneck!
>>
>> WAIT! we forgot about Kennedy Meadows south. They are equally - maybe 
>> even
>> more so - guilty of bottlenecking. They too must close. KM north has not
>> reached critical mass and could remain open for now ..... but we should
>> watch them closely in years to come.
>>
>> We need more pack stations and fewer bottlenecks!
>>
>> Hike on!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of
>> gary_schenk at verizon.net
>> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 8:55 AM
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Subject: [pct-l] Tuolumne Overrun by Thrus
>>
>>
>> http://www.myyosemite.com/content/yosemite-daily-photo-tuolumne-meadows-stor
>> e-overrun-pct-ers
>>
>> "The Tuolumne Meadows Store is overrun by PCT ers. There are record 
>> numbers
>> and they have had a real impact on the area with all the trash they leave
>> and by taking over all the picnic tables at the store.
>>
>>
>> First photo shows all the trash left at the end of the day, they think
>> other
>> hikers will want this stuff so they just leave it. 2nd photo shows all 
>> the
>> packs in front of the store, what you arent seeing is the other 20 or so
>> PCT
>> ers behind the camera at the picnic tables.
>>
>> What you cant experience until you are there is the smell in and outside 
>> of
>> the store!"
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW, the plan seems to be that they will close the gas station and 
>> mountain
>> shop next year.
>>
>>
>> Gary
>>
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