Errors of commission

thanks for picking up trash, etc.

I put my dawn in a small tube I found somewhere:

0.21 ounces

Mostly, I just use it to clean my glasses.  A fraction of a drop.

Occasionally I’ll use it to clean pot, but mostly I just boil water in it.

I left my little rock sack and about 20 foot of cord up in a tree because I could not get it down no matter what I tried.  I was there a few years later and the cord was gone.  I hope someone got it, but probably it blew into the woods.

We all contribute trash. If we pick up more than we contribute, we deserve a spot. Do the best that you can, because somewhere down the road, were all going to screw up. Do your best and the world will be a better place. I think Paul has paid his dues.

We like to get a bit of firewood out of the Mt. Hood National forest each year. Found a log to cut near a dispersed road side campsite, the other day. Lots of trash, including junk food packaging, a yoga mat and the contents of a kitty litter box, left behind by some campers. We got our load of wood and decided we’d return the next day for a second load, and with proper supplies to remove the garbage.

When we returned, the garbage was gone. :) Kudos to whomever got it done.

I think in the future  though, I’ll pack gloves and garbage bags too, just in case.

I carry a small ziplock bag in my hiking pants in which I put all of the protein bar wrappers that I find along the trail.  Once I also packed out 3 unopened cans of Dinty Moore Beef Stew – I’m guessing someone forgot a can opener.  One of my hiking buddies has a knack for spotting cordage left in trees near campsites and is extraordinarily good at getting it down.  I believe anyone who visits this website does whatever they can to improve the wilderness experience for others.  If only everyone who backpacked was so considerate.

I’m sometimes guilty of losing parts of a wrapper but always try to take much more out then I lost.  One site had so much trash (a pool recliner cushion!) that I couldn’t carry it all out so did a bear hang with the rest and let the lead ranger know where to canoe into and find it.

Dad always told us to pick up ten pieces of trash and there were three of us kids. Competition got fierce. I certainly didn’t keep up that tradition with the idea that the land would ever be sold, though I would have anyway. . We are the stewards. This is our land. The public lands.

I pick something up each hike. I have to have a limit though otherwise my pack would be bulging with stuff. I do feel guilty walking past it no matter how much I have already picked up.

If it comes out of an orifice (dog or human), it gets left behind (no pun intended).

Bear, wolf or coyote scat gets pushed into the bush. Moose and deer scat are too labour intensive.

Not LNT but I break off dead limbs that poke out at eye height into the center of the trail.  I hate having to stop but I shudder thinking of some trail runner at night getting blinded.  If its a live branch, or is off to the side, it stays.