[pct-l] Speaking of old PCT diamond markers

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

sounds like they may just have been marker happy that day..........

thru hiker, section hiker, day hiker doesn't matter who it is, as it was
stated someone will justify to themselves it's o.k. to snag the marker.

s.c.
see ya on the trail !!!!!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian McLaughlin" <bmclaughlin@bigplanet.com>
To: "Richard" <calliger@infolane.com>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>; "JoPH" <joph@piedmontbsa.org>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 2:27 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Speaking of old PCT diamond markers


> I did a short section of the PCT a few days ago. I won't
> say where, for fear of stirring up the hornet's nest. But I
> will say that, between hiking 16 miles southbound and then
> retracing my steps northbound, I saw at least 8 and possibly
> 10 of the old PCT diamonds. Most were in good shape, too.
>
> This is more than I saw on an entire 200 mile section hike
> last summer. This, of course, prompted me to wonder why this
> short section still held so many markers. The only answer
> I could come up with was that this short section is rarely
> traveled by any but thru-hikers and section-hikers, and
> seldom sees a recreational hiker. No other explanation made
> any kind of sense.
>
> OTOH, this does speak rather better of thru-hikers and section
> hikers, and their ability to leave the old diamonds alone.
> (What thru-hiker has time to idly pry off a marker anyway?)
>
> Just thought I'd share this.
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