[pct-l] Problem Hiker

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@xxxxxxx)]

In a message dated 5/18/03 8:29:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
calliger@infolane.com writes:


Richard

If you are speaking about Grizzly Bill the caretaker at Chimney Creek take 
anything he says with a grain of salt. I have stopped there several times and 
find Grizzly Bill to be a typical back country character, sometime funny 
sometime bullish He spends a lot of time alone and set in his ways but has a 
kind heart and will go out of his way to help you. Talk about his pickup or 
his dogs. Buy some cold pop from him since the water is supposed to be 
poison. (Thanks to Erin Brokovich the deep pocket environmentalist.)  He 
loves the Internet and is most likely reading these posts. So Hi Bill.

lonetrail


> How does s/he know they carved into the fixture? Where is
> the evidence except one person's word against another? Did the
> caretaker dislike these people for some reason? Everyplace I've
> seen has, unfortunately, TONS of carvings! Even on top of
> Lyle and other peaks! Give us a break!
> 
> Imposing a fine after the fact is pretty hard to do, if not impossible
> and unlawful. And how many people have the same initials if that is what 
> they
> carved?
> Even the most sacred Indian places have modern carvings...it is
> insidious (not to justify it though, but u have to catch the
> carver in the act to press charges. Did s/he catch them in the
> act? CLEARLY NOT, otherwise s/he would have issued a ticket
> immediately. SOunds like sour apples to me!!
> 
> ..and the fire, what does s/he mean by extinguish? It has to be dead out
> of course, but some of these volunteers at CC are so anal and bored
> they look for slightest infarction!! (PI) (Read that: busy-bodies!)
> and the same type gets placed everyyear..there is no continuity in
> management there! (except perhaps interviewing for the same personality
> to place as a caretaker. <grin>
> 
> Richard
> 
> At 07:52 AM 5/18/03 -0700, Tim 'hiker/biker' wrote:
> >I just returned from a S/B hike beginning at KM on Friday. The volunteer
> >caretaker at Chimney Creek campground mentioned that a N/B young man and
> >his female companion whom I met had stayed there and left without
> >extinguishing their campfire.  He is considering imposing the proper
> >fine.  In addition, they carved into the campground fixtures. This is
> >not the kind of reputation the PCT needs.  Hiker/Biker 
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