[pct-l] shut down aPCT water source? Drug Mules,C'mon Man.

[AsABat]

I'm confused now.  There's no need for a water hose at paradise but it would be ok to knock on a door for water (maybe even their door?)? 

They let us use the faucet so we can get water if they're closed etc.  It saves dirty hiker trash knocking on houses down the road. It also offsets/complements/whatever the cache,  if any,  at the highway. 

My only point is,  it's water! Let's not lose it. 

AsABat
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"Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

>Yeah, 23 miles is not a big deal. I didn't need any water from  
>Paradise Cafe. I did need a Jose Burger, though, so I'm not all holy  
>about it. It's just why get so upset about "needing" this water  
>source? The trail can be done with natural water. I have met hikers  
>in So Cal who prided themselves on never using natural water.  
>Something is wrong about that.
>
>Nothing wrong with knocking on a few doors, either. It bring the  
>wildness back to the trail the way that water bottles strewn all over  
>the trail doesn't. And to those who were disappointed that So Cal  
>wasn't wilderness, I was aware in the northern parts of the trail  
>that I was walking through a few "beauty strips."
>
>Anyway, the AT sounds like it's got hiker feeds at every road  
>crossing and I think a lot of PCT hikers are former AT hikers who  
>want the PCT to be like the AT with food and water provided whenever  
>they want it and strange rituals like carrying paddles and hockey  
>sticks and binge drinking and other things.
>
>Good luck everybody and enjoy So Cal. When you get to the Sierra you  
>will actually be looking back in longing at the easy and fun  
>experience So Cal was.
>On Apr 20, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Gary Schenk wrote:
>
>> On 4/20/2011 3:54 PM, AsABat wrote:
>>> Some did,  but old journals tell of asking for water at houses and  
>>> ranches,
>>> rather like the CDT today.  But it's an option.
>>> In this case it could be 23 miles from Tule to Live Oak Spring if  
>>> seasonable
>> > sources are dry.  Not like Hat Creek Rim but not a fun time for
>all.
>>
>> If a fat old fart like me could carry water through the San Felipes  
>> without needing the cache at Third Gate, anybody can.
>>
>> Really, what do caches add to the experience? Or do they subtract  
>> from the experience?
>>
>
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