[pct-l] Jerks

[Rob Langsdorf]

This time of year the grass has just done a fast growth shoot. Places where trails were easy to find 6 weeks ago are covered in foxtails that will turn brown this week and stick in the socks. But with 50 people a day walking over the PCT these should be beaten down fairly quickly.
I have been working on some trails in a scout camp. They are generally in good shape, but the foxtails have to be cleared or the scouts will hike the roads instead of the trails. So it takes a lot of weed whacker work. Also, there have been lots of trees that have fallen in recent weeks. Trees that have died due to the drought and the golden oak beetles.
With all the rain the poison oak has popped up in places where we thought it was gone.  It is really hard to keep up trails this year.
       Mataguay Connector

      From: Scott Diamond <scott.diamond.mail at gmail.com>
 To: Gary Schenk <gary_schenk at yahoo.com>; Pct Mailing List <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
 Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 9:31 AM
 Subject: Re: [pct-l] Jerks
   
Yeah. I'm sure that act really inspired all the volunteers that work on
that trail...very effective.

Sadly you have to wonder about some of the people on the trail.

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 07:21 Gary Schenk <gary_schenk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Saturday out on the PCT we got to that broad saddle just south of Chimney
> Creek campground, the spot where people leave the trail to climb the usual
> route up Spanish Needle.
>
> There's a carsonite post there with a PCT emblem. Someone had taken a
> sharpie, drawn a short arrow towards the PCT sticker and wrote: How about
> doing some g*dd**n maintenance on this f**king trail!!!
>
> Nice.
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