[pct-l] Fire and smokers

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I had to do something like that on a Sierra Club hike. This lady  
threw her egg shells into the shallow creek where we hiked to. She  
got really mad because egg shells are biodegradable. I have to always  
remind people that nothing degrades in the 15 minutes it will take  
for someone else to come along. That next person deserves the same  
pristine landscape we got to see.

On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> That was good - it would have been even better if you and Stan Roy  
> had grabbed him and made HIM pick it up and put it in the trash.  
> Litterbugs are bad and defective people. They need to be taught  
> lessons that they will remember.
> ?
> Many years ago I had a date with a pretty blond. We had stopped and  
> picked up some take-away food for lunch. I was driving a  
> convertible and had driven up into a mountain area. We were still  
> eating. When she finished she simply threw her left over litter  
> outside. I came to a stop perhaps 150' farther. I told her to get  
> out and recover her litter. She was furious. She refused. She  
> wanted me to just drive her home. I refused. I told her that I  
> would be glad to drive her home, but only after she recovered the  
> litter. Then I took out my key and went for a short walk. I looked  
> back to watch her going back to get the litter. There were no words  
> spoken after that.?As you can expect, that was our last date.
> But it was an event that, I have never forgotten - and I am sure  
> that she still remembers it well. I wonder if she learned a lesson  
> from that event.
> ?
> MendoRider-Hiker