half my gear used to be found stuff. I used to hike GA sobo every spring picking up stuff people intentionally left behind.
numerous water bottles, books, guidebooks, maps, hatchets, water filters, cookware, clothing, knives, etc. nalgene bottles were by far the most left item.
[QUOTE=Another Kevin;1980112]Perhaps the blood tested out not to be human?
Worst trail etiquette I ever encountered was probably the teenaged kids who pitched their empty beer cans at me when I was picking up the trash at an illegal campsite in a local nature preserve. I said nothing, put their empties in the trash bag and went about my business. Maybe they thought about it later. Although I suspect that the thought was "get a load of that loser, let's give him some more trash to carry, haw haw!" Never mind. What goes around comes around.
@ Kevin
Classy way to handle that situation. I like your style. I don't know if I could have kept my cool, and let karma take it's course, without being the purveyor of some verbal "instant karma". Kudos to you.
“Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.” Thoreau.
That's the tent! Ya want it back?
"Are we there yet?"
That's the tent! Right in the middle of the trail, all rolled up in the tarp and fastened with the bungees. Come get it!
Looked to me like something that just got too heavy to carry one more step. They didn't even lob it into the laurels. We see abandoned items all the time. They're rarely in usable condition. This thing was so heavy that I can hardly imagine anyone not noticing it falling off their pack, but then, maybe their pack weighed 75 lb.
"Are we there yet?"
Sorry, I didn't mean to post twice. My computer has gotten weird on me twice tonight while trying to comment in these forums. Going to give it up for now.
"Are we there yet?"
"Worst trail etiquette I ever encountered was probably the teenaged kids who pitched their empty beer cans at me when I was picking up the trash at an illegal campsite in a local nature preserve. I said nothing, put their empties in the trash bag and went about my business. Maybe they thought about it later. Although I suspect that the thought was "get a load of that loser, let's give him some more trash to carry, haw haw!" Never mind. What goes around comes around."
I don't know how you maintained your composure. Had I been there perhaps there would have been a "minor incident" with these punks. lol