[pct-l] Water Caches?????????

[dsaufley at sprynet.com (dsaufley@sprynet.com)]

There are some folks whose voices I would dearly love to hear from on this topic, but I don't know where they are in the world or if they have access to email.  One is Richard from Ocotillo, who has hiked across the campo in Mexico all the way south to the tip of Baja.  No caches, no resupply points, no water.  He has a system for desalinating sea water, and knows which cactus provide liquid nourishment and just how much of that is safe to ingest.  Fascinating stuff.  The other is Sarah Marquis, a completely remarkable young woman from Switzerland, who, amongst other amazing accomplishments, lived in the outback of Australia for six months by herself.  When Sarah hiked through Agua Dulce on JULY 14, having started at Campo three weeks before, she was carrying 20 liters of water.  If we could only pick their brains! 

Oh, the interesting people we meet. 

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: enyapjr <enyapjr@adelphia.net>
Sent: Apr 29, 2005 10:18 AM
To: "[pct-l]" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Subject: [pct-l] Water Caches?????????

Donna Smith said, "...we cache our own water in areas where there is not a natural water source."

I have cached water  in the past also - usually didn't label it though, but rather hid it well and away
from the trail (if I was on a trail)...  Caching water or food for longer trips used to be standard practice
'way back when', especially so for water in arid regions.  I also used to cache food in the Sierra
for longer trips (back in the late 60's and early 70's) - before the bears became a 'problem' (actually
the problem = humans in the bears' environment!) - not positive, but food caching may no longer
be 'legal', at least in SeKi and Yosemite (?).

Happy trails!!!
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