[pct-l] RE: Mexican to Canada...I'm afraid not

[atjulliard at yahoo.com (Alan Julliard)]

Hi Chuckie,

  In 1975, a friend and I hitched to Campo with a
Border Patrol agent on his way to work.  He
recommended that we step over the barbed wire fence
and walk to at least the old building ruins 20 yards
south of the fence (there is a picture of the remains
of this building in the 1st edition California
guidebook).  My buddy and I went past the ruins just
to be sure.  Things were very very mellow in 1975 at
the border.  Later, I would tell every thru-hiker I
met (there were less that 20) that I was the only
person who could claim to have walked from Mexico!! 
My TIC comment was never appreciated... ;-)
  I'll be at the border next week but this time I'll
just view it from afar rather than dodge bullets.

Alan

>Gang,
>I have some disheartening news to share: 
> 
<While visiting border patrol agents in Campo last
>weekend it was 
>brought to my attention that the actual boundary
>between the US and Mexico is 
>not the corrugated metal fence that all us PCT hikers
>stick our hands 
>and feet under! Apparently the US and Mexico couldn't
>come to an 
>agreement about the placement of such a structure, so
>the US erected the fence 
>on US property, approximently 10-30 feet (different
>distance in 
>different places, based on the land's geography, etc)
>north of our neighbors. 
>This solved the disagreement but ruins lots and lots
>of PCT hikers 
>dreams of having actually hiked from Mexico to
Canada. >I hate to be the 
>bearer of such bad news.
> 
> 
>Tongue in cheek, as always,
>-Chuckie   


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