[pct-l] Water Cache at Scissors Xing

[Ron Graybill]

There are two problems here: the trash problem, and the water cache
problem.  So maybe moving the water cache won't keep people from leaving
trash under the bridge.  That's an unfortunate problem, but not as vital to
hiker health and survival as getting water at Scissors Crossing.  If the
water cache is moved to a location less visible and less desirable for
partying, it might be possible to continue to stock it.  But as you say,
it's up to the trail angel.


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Ron Graybill <rgraybill44 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Of course, if the trash problem
> > is created by hikers, this solution might not help.
>
> there are two distinct possibilities:
>
> 1) There are people driving down to the desert to party during the
> temperate spring. They are partying at scissors crossing and leaving
> their trash. Removing the water cache won't fix that.
>
> 2) There are hundreds of thru hikers hitchhiking or getting rides from
> their "camp followers" into Julian to get beer and then are returning
> to sit under the bridge in the desert and drink the beer sitting in
> the sane, instead of sitting in under cool trees in Julian and
> drinking it there. They are leaving their hundreds of empties that
> they lugged down to drink under the bridge. TRemoving the water cache
> won't fix that either.
>
> A little bit of thought might indicate which is scenario more likely.
> I've been around a lot of rural kids parting, and I've been around a
> lot of thru hikers. I know which one is my guess.
>
> But either way, it is entirely up to the trail angel to decide to
> support the cache or not.
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