[pct-l] #rd Gate Cache... Suggestion

[Pea Hicks]

stillroaming wrote:
>>>>>
> ...having hikers carry water from scissors to the cache pretty much 
> defeats the purpose of the cache, and creates even more uncertainty 
> about the status of said cache
> <<<<
> 
> Ok, got it now. We don't want hikers to carry their own water, 
> volunteers should do it for them.

in a situation where a volunteer can get away with carrying the water a 
mile, vs 14 miles via the pct, in a notoriously hot section, yes.

i'm a bit confused here, stillroaming. on the one hand you claim to be 
terribly terribly concerned that hikers do not attempt to enter the 
snowy sierra too early, presumably out of concern for their safety... 
yet you seem to have no concern at all for the safety of hikers in the 
dry stretches of desert? don't forget, these caches are there for SAFETY 
PURPOSES ONLY, and they are heavily advertised as such.

> 
> Also, should we encourage hikers to be more independent in a dry year 
> such as this or should we increase the certainty of said cache? Which 
> will serve the individual/hiking community better?

increasing the reliability (certainty, by definition, cannot be 
increased) of said safety cache.

> 
> Thanks in advance for providing sound guidance to the misguided!

let me ask you another question. would you refuse water from a cache in 
the middle of, say, a 100 mile waterless stretch, simply because the 
trail designers happened to route it that way?



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