"Thank God! there is always a Land of Beyond, For us who are true to the trail..." --- Robert Service
This topic come up often, and for the life of me I don't understand why. LNT. Pack it in Pack it out. This applies equally to Thru-hikers, and trail angels. Nothing should ever be left at a shelter, a road crossing, a stream, or anywhere on the trail. Nothing, includes:
matches
water
TP
books
Bibles
religious literature
any literature
equipment
clothes
food
booze
soft drinks
fuel
empty fuel bottles
If it was manditory the trail would be a much more beautiful place. I will personaly cut anyones packstraps who leave trash in the shelter.
1st offense: cut packstraps
2nd offense: I pee in your water bladder.
3rd offense: Chuck norris style roundhouse kick to the face.
The Gideons are probably not the ones leaving religious literature in the shelters.
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I don't understand tents in shelters!!!! If you have a tent, put it outside. If you want to sleep in the shelter, then leave your tent packed! Do you put up an umbrella in your house or car????? No, there is NOT a reason good enough. As I would say to my kids "what you are giving me is an EXCUSE, not a REASON."
Also, I can't count the number of times we saw USED tp on the side of the trails and at the shelters. Not buried, just used and left. Truly disgusting.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."