[pct-l] Old PCT marker on Ebay!

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

Okay, Joanne, let's take it another direction.  What about instead of an old 
PCT diamond, you come across a gold miner's skeleton just off of the trail in 
the California Gold Country portion of the PCT, with his old Jim Bowie knife 
sticking out of his rib bones and a pick still clutched in his hand?  Do you 
pull off the bones and pick up the artifacts and sell them on ebay?  Or, do you 
call the local historical society?  Or, do you make a note of the location in 
your journal and keep it to pass onto only those who you know will preserve it 
for those who follow?

I just love these hypothetical scenarios.  I guess you just have to let your 
own set of values and morality guide you in these cases.  

In my opinion, if I were to come across such a diamond marker on an abandoned 
section of trail I would feel honored to have found it and the little tiny 
piece of history it represents.  I would take a few pictures of it and the 
surrounding area to show how it was on an abandoned trail and then mark its 
location carefully, hoping that some great grandchild of mine might  have the 
opportunity to read in my notes of it and seek it out 100 years from now.

Greg

> Okay, all you righteous people out there-  What about an old PCT marker
that
> is off in the woods somewhere on an abandoned trail( I mean the kind of
> trail you can not find most of the time, that has not been maintained for
20
> years).  Seems to me that you should remove it in wilderness areas as it
is
> intrusive and no longer serves the intended purpose.
>
> Joanne
>