[pct-l] helping out with water report

[AsABat]

Yep the water report is only as good as the info hikers send me. Email to water at 4jeffrey.net works best.

I like to say the only thing I can say about the accuracy of the water report is it is out of date as soon as I post. If it says there's water then there might be water, but if out says its dry out probably really is dry. :-) you see I'm a bit cynical.

Do keep the info coming. Read the first page at least once to see what I do. I don't list every cache, only the more established ones. 
AsABat
PCT Water Reports SoCal http://pct.4jeffrey.net
Send water updates to water at 4jeffrey.net

"Ate Tuna" <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:

>Pioneer Mail to Scissors Crossing took me two days.  I was fat, out of
>shape, wearing boots and carrying way too much gear.  It's no problem
>now
>that I'm a better hiker, but last spring I was so happy to see Pie Town
>Gear
>at Rodriguez Spur with that big water tank and a pot of hot stew.
>
>If there was anyone ahead of my group that was updating the water
>report, I
>might have carried less water and been able to do more miles, or at
>least
>been more comfortable.  Unfortunately there were only 2 hikers ahead,
>and I
>don't think they were able to update the water report yet.  It really
>comes
>down to that water report.  If people are using it and updating it,
>it's
>easier and safer to go long stretches because a lot of water is only
>carried
>when it has to be carried.  I ended up carrying over 6 liters from
>Pioneer
>Mail when it turned out that I needed less than 3, even in the poor
>hiking
>shape that I was in.
>
>So you know what would be better than a water tank for me?  Better
>water
>updates for section A.  Talk to hikers about the water sources and send
>those to Asabat, and then get that info back to hikers.  After section
>A
>people are starting to get their feet, but at the same time they're
>heading
>into plenty of water.
>
>On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
>diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>
>> There are hills there, yes. But it is downhill, then flat, then
>> uphill, then downhill. So mostly downhill. Think positive! :)
>> On Feb 4, 2011, at 4:13 AM, Paul Robison wrote:
>>
>> > 23 miles without water in level dessert after 500 miles is VERY
>> > different than
>> > 23 miles without water in hilly terrain after only 75 miles on the
>> > trail.
>> >
>> > ... that's why i think the stretch there would be so difficult...
>> > it's at a
>> > point where many hikers have not yet done a 20 at all ...  so i
>> > guess it falls
>> > on us to be physically conditioned for a 23 mile dry stretch at the
>> > start of the
>> > trail.
>> >
>> > ~Outpost.
>>
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