[pct-l] Southbound Questions

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Be careful using bear
spray to discourage bears from investigating what you have sprayed, I
have heard that the reverse is sometimes true. I heard grizzlies like
to roll around in areas that had been sprayed with the pepper type of
bear spray.

Dave

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Austin Williams <
austinwilliams123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> As far as it being okay to cross into the U.S. via Manning park... I called
> the U.S. Border patrol and had a talk with them about it.  They said, in no
> uncertain terms, that doing so is NOT okay.  It constitutes "entering the
> U.S. without passing through customs"... and something about the PCT not
> being an approved Port of Entry.  But who knows, they may have relaxed
> their
> policy since then.  I'd give the U.S. Border Patrol a call and ask them...
> since they'll be the ones that you'll have to deal with.
>
> If you have no moral qualms with it, it is almost impossible to get caught
> "sneaking" in via the PCT.  So long as you don't run into any law
> enforcement while hiking the PCT (ie: you don't break any laws or attract
> attention to yourself) you'll probably not get caught.  But man, it would
> SUCK to walk 2,600 miles only to get busted by the U.S. Border Patrol just
> miles from the Mexican Border (southbounders tend to get more Border Patrol
> attention near Mexico than do Northbounders).
>
> As far as caching food, I used a big, sealed Tupperware container.  I
> buried
> it about a foot and a half under the ground, then dosed the surface with
> bear mace.  No critters got to it.  It was in good condition when I got
> there.  Then I cut and tore the thing apart and threw it into the trashcan.
>
> Many northbounders offered to cache water for me in the desert.  I suspect
> many trail angels would be pleased to help, and probably do help
> southbounders every year.  It can never hurt to ask.
>
> Seriously though, it's not any smaller of a feat - nor would you have any
> less of an adventure - if you started at Hart's Pass and hiked to Mexico.
> 50 miles won't take anything away from the remaining 2,600.  Just my 2
> cents.
>
> Good luck!
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Dan Zan <dan2001 at live.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> >  “To be safe, I recommend asking the southernCalifornian trail angels if
> > they'll stock the usual water caches for you.” -Do they do this often for
> > southbounders? Seems like a lot to ask for a couple of people. “I had to
> > cache food at the road to pull it off...” -How did you store it? Any
> > critters have a meal? “From Manning Park BC Parks website (they're saying
> it
> > is OK to cross into the US as long as you report in "as soon as possible"
> > -what could be considered the nearest point of entry?
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