Florian's cache

[Florian]

Today i rode up the 8am tram and then hiked down the Skyline to a nice little saddle at about the 5700' level. I left a gallon cache of water/Gatorade in a plastic paint bucket. The cache is about 1/4 mile NE of Flat Rock in plain view on south side of trail. I considered leaving at Flat Rock but seems everyone stops there and thought the cache might get overused/depleted unnecessarily. Also there is shade at the spot i picked and you can see tramcar pass to the north. Hope this extra fluid helps someone out someday. Also hope it doesn't get trashed or become a nuisance. I'll remove if it does. I left 3 quarts inside with a spare on top and a note inside asking that it be used by people in need only. If any of you regular Skyline hikers wants to contribute spare water while in the area please do!

Flickr photo set from today's hike .. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/sets ... 07/detail/

Close up of the cache .. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/3557 ... 598013207/

After leaving the cache i hiked back up to Long Valley and rode the 12:30pm tram down.

-Florian

[halhiker]

Nice job. I may go and leave some myself if I get time to hike the trail in the next few weeks.

[hikehigh]

Great idea. I added your cache to my GPS waypoints for San Jacinto and the Desert Divide.

[tinaballina]

Very nice Florian,

Going up skyline in the morning.

[Florian]

Going up skyline in the morning.

Have a great hike! Will be looking for your report. Wish i could come but need to drive Kai (son) back to UCLA tomorrow.

-Florian

[zippetydude]

Florian: Good job. I had posted the idea a couple of years ago, but the responses were very mixed. I think you're on the right track - just do it, and if it's a problem, remove it and try again at a later date. In the meantime, it might save a life, or at the very least, make the trip safer for someone who's a bit short of water.

Tina: I might do San G or San B tomorrow - be safe out there on Skyline! I had a great time on Saturday - thanks for being such great company. I'm looking at my calendar, seeing if I have some time open maybe at the end of July...

z

[bluerail]

thanks again for yesterday zip. I'm going into work late tomorrow so I'll get to make sure Tina gives her new pair of Keds a good workout. Hope I don't get hung up at the tram visiting Thomas and end up forgetting about work.

Florian, way to go on the water. I think it's a good thing to have up there.

[Florian]

Nice cool morning in the desert. Should be a great day up the Skyline!

-Florian

[Halohiker]

I'm a bit confused. My understanding is that there is water available at the Tram Station. So...why are so many people dropping water caches at Flat Rock? I'm doing c2c soon, and just wondered what's up.

Thanks!

[KathyW]

I'm a bit confused. My understanding is that there is water available at the Tram Station. So...why are so many people dropping water caches at Flat Rock? I'm doing c2c soon, and just wondered what's up.

Thanks!

Good question.

Water is available at the tram station and you would be very foolish to head up that trail without enough water to get to Long Valley (tram station).

I guess it's for people that go up there on hot days without sufficient water. It's pretty hard to stop people from hiking up the Skyline Trail on warm days, so maybe the water will save some that find themselves in trouble on up in the Flat Rock area. Let's hope it doesn't encourage people from going up without enough water because they think they'll just be able to pick up water along the way.