LEAVE NO TRACE - "REALLY"

4/17/2015  I love to meet folk who show or talk about trash and litter they have picked up along the trail or at Shelters they have passed from Springer; people who must look ahead to a time when sons and daughters, or grandchildren will come to our wild lands to discover this 'treasure' we know, and love, as the Appalachian Trail. 
    Today, I met two young thru-hikers, Seth Orme, (Cap) and Joe Dehnert (Loose), at Spence Field, who have dedicated themselves to gathering what 'unthinking' others have left behind.  These two are weighing and logging poundage as they deposit their collection at points along the way.  They had carried a bag of tent poles weighing 6 lbs., (among other trash and litter), from south of Mollies to drop off at Clingman's.
    "Cap" and "Loose" represent the epitome of all LNT practitioners.  www.PackingItOut.blogspot.com.  By the way, I offered to carry out the tent poles to lighten their load since, I am sure, they would be adding to their cache between Mollies and the "Dome".
Keep hiking,
Carl, aka KY Greybeard
AT RR
GAME '99
PCT 2008