[pct-l] Campo-Morena Trail Cleanup

[robert.riess at cox.net (Robert E. Riess)]

Many years of non-hiker traffic have left a lot of trash on and near the trail in the border region.  The ADZPCTKO organizers are sponsoring a trail cleanup project this year covering the trail from the border to Lake Morena Campground.  Hiker participation is essential to our success and everybody's benefit.  Here's our very simple plan:

Small trash bags will be stashed at the monument.  There is plenty of trash to go around, so every hiker or group is asked to take a bag and pick up trash along the way.  Go ahead and pick up what you see, even if it's fifty steps off the trail.  Fill your bag and tie it shut.  Deposit bags at highway 94, Hauser, and Lake Morena Campground.  I will pick up the bags at highway 94 on my way to taking hikers out to the trailhead.  The first dozen or so hikers should be able to clean this stretch.  Bags deposited at Hauser will be picked up by volunteers with vehicle support from ADZPCTKO.  This will most likely be done Saturday morning.  If a hiker can't carry a bag all the way to Hauser, just leave it by the trail.  There will be another hiker who comes along who will move it on down the line.  If you find a bag waiting for a lift, go ahead and move it on a mile closer to the dumpster.  

The more people who get involved, the better we leave the trail, and the more we all enjoy it.  Water bottles and tin cans will not biodegrade in our lifetimes.  If not us, who?  If not now, when?  

Good luck to the snowy class of 2005.  Hike on !  Bob Riess at the trailhead.