[pct-l] Yosemite - a story looking for a problem

[Douglas Tow]

Steady on.

In 2014, there were 4,029,416 visitors to Yosemite.  If just 5% of those
had a pizza, and just 5% of those failed to bus their pizza box to the
trash, that would still be 10,000 dirty pizza boxes to be taken care of by
park employees.  Let's photoshop that many boxes in one big pile, and write
a story about teenagers, or slovenly park visitors, or some other arbitrary
group.  Perhaps let's not.

PCT hikers represent less than 1/20 of 1% of visitors to the park, and less
than 3% of hikers overnighting in the park.

Many, many hikers I come across at passes and road crossings have a nice
handful of trash left by others (usually proximate to roads) that they have
picked up.

You know what's right.  Leave memorable tips, and get on up to Canada...

Chipmunk