[pct-l] Hiker Trash (Literally)

[aslive at charter.net]

Perhaps a public shamming would have been just the thing.

Shepherd


On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Lost And Found wrote:

> I think most of the problems come from thru hikers who don't attend 
> the KO and don't subscribe to the Pct-l.
>
> Obviously there needs to be multiple ways to reach them.
> Case in point:  we witnessed a male hiker peeing in a dry water trough 
> under the I-10 viaduct. That morning a female hiker had filtered water 
> out of that very spot. This hiker did not attend the KO, and 
> unfortunately there were too many people under the viaduct to 
> discreetly tell him that was a no-no.
>
> Lost and Found
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> Marge Prothman <marge at prothman.org> wrote:
>
>> If the talks at the kick off don't make a dent in leaving trash 
>> behind the
>> thru hikers, perhaps there could be hand out when they check in for 
>> the kick off.  Strongly
>> worded of course, enough
>> to make the people who are likely to do this think they will be taken 
>> off
>> the trail.
>>
>> Just my two cents,
>> Marge (the old gal)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net 
>> [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
>> On Behalf Of AsABat
>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 1:53 PM
>> To: aslive at charter.net; Ate Tuna
>> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; david woods
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiker Trash (Literally)
>>
>> There is a lot at Kickoff. Apparently those that need to hear it 
>> either miss
>> those talks (which include the opening remarks) or think it applies 
>> to
>> others and not themselves.
>> Maybe the kickoff could require passing a test before being allowed 
>> in.
>> (That was a joke.)
>>
>> AsABat
>>
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