[pct-l] Notes on trail (Was: PCT Graffiti)

[AsABat]

IF notes are left on the trail for others, by simply dating them AND
adding a polite remove-by date would let others later know they were no
longer an important note but trash. IMO, they aren't often needed, but
can be important if someone has a change of plans so others don't
activate a search team.

AsABat


> On a slightly different bent, this past wee I found several notes left
on
> the trail while doing the South Lake to North Lake loop hike out of
> Bishop, CA.  The notes were left by hikers to advise their friends
(whom
> they thought were behind them) that they had already passed through.
> Unfortunately, the authors of these notes were mistaken as their
friends
> were actually ahead of them much of the way and their friends never
found
> these notes and therefore the notes remained out on the trail.  While
> someone thought they were being helpful, they were simply trashing the
> trail.