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russk
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russk
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 Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:29 am |
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Longtime lurker, first time poster.
I'm sure everyone is already familiar with the current snow conditions and route for Pugh. So, there's no need for me to reiterate the obvious.
Marmot Salad and I encountered 16 bags of rice and 1 travel size bottle of hand sanitizer at Stujack Pass. I suppose it was placed there for:
1. Cache for a work party?
2. Thru-hike stash for another route?
3. New exercise regimen?
4. Party at the summit?
In any case, I've never seen that amount of food on a somewhat popular trail.
 Flowers before the pass.  Rice at Stujack Pass.  Marmot Salad and Sloan Peak.  Blowin' the bugs, man.
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ejain
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:37 am |
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Redwic
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:41 am |
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Eat too much rice and you gotta go to Pugh.
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
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Kim Brown
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My guess is that the rice was tossed in a pack for weight to train. Water would have been heavier, cheaper and would make less of an impact to dump.
Looks to me like the person failed miserably if he or she was training. Getting down from a summit and not leaving a mess is more important than getting up to the summit.
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
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"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
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wolffie
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wolffie
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:52 am |
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Wasn't there Sunday.
What's the ethical course of action? If you find some gear, you leave it, since the owner might be returning to retrieve it -- or, if not critical gear, you can bring it back to the TH (I recently got my favorite hat back that way).
But if you're dumping this much... rice?! I think you owe at least a note of explanation. Guessing 2.5-5.0 lbs., that's 40-80 lbs. of fine food left out for the snafflehounds. What a mess.
Whoever did this doesn't have a grain of sense.
Is there a lost-and-found thread here?
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
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flatsqwerl
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lets all meet up at the pass with different stir fry ingredients and a few stoves  ..
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wolffie
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wolffie
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:06 am |
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OK, recipe contest. Rules: rice, snow, no other ingredients.
Actually, I guess a lot of people have been living that way for a long time.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
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Chief Joseph
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Probably someone planning an upcoming wedding ceremony at the pass, the hand sanitizer is so that the rice being thrown at the bride and groom will be clean. Climbers are strange people. 
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Magellan
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:46 am |
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RichP
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reststep
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reststep
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:53 pm |
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6. iron has started his resupply.
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
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wolffie
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wolffie
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:08 pm |
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Gosh I hope this has no reasonable explanation, but... preparation for some kind of wildlife project/experiment?
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
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GrnXnham
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Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:21 pm |
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contour5
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contour5
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Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:49 pm |
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Bizarre. No steamer trunk or nothin' like that?
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Mtn Dog
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Mtn Dog
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Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:44 pm |
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Welcome to the forum. Mount Pugh was my first post also, ten years ago almost to the day!
Footprints on the sands of time will never be made sitting down.
Footprints on the sands of time will never be made sitting down.
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