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The reasons I don't like campfires are that they wreck your night vision, can't see those beautiful stars, and it is a lot of trouble to haul water to put them
The link is here: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sectionhikercom/~3/XP6IyPk-nxE/ Includes variety of memoirs of the PCT which include the JMT and SEKI areas.
Great discussion - went further than I anticipated. Thanks for all the input. As for my JMT trash - I'll pack it out, but something tells me (particularly
I thought my friend might get a kick out of the no TP thread and he had a reply. "Guess if you want total liberation you leave your backpack at home also, a