Comments on: How to Leave No Trace (And Why it’s Important!)

By: Taryn Eyton

Taryn Eyton — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 01:20:37 +0000

In reply to Dawn.

I’m glad you liked it. I like to believe the best of everyone and give them the benefit of the doubt. I sincerely hope that people who treat wild areas badly just don’t know any better – and that if we can reach them with education they won’t make the same mistakes again.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 19:12:00 +0000

Thank you for writing this – it’s a positive reminder. The biggest garbage I picked up was two car batteries in our kayaks (left in the middle of no-where!) and the garbage that no one bothered to clean-up at the top of black mountain turned out to be 30 euros! Still can’t erase the couple I saw in the middle of the wildflowers at Manning – so sad.

By: Taryn Eyton

Taryn Eyton — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 04:48:13 +0000

In reply to Suzy.

Yes – non-native species can be a huge problem in some areas! So nice to hear you are teaching your child about Leave no Trace 🙂

By: Michaela

Michaela — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:37:35 +0000

Really good instructions! It should be mandatory for everyone to read this before heading to the wilderness 🙂

By: Suzy

Suzy — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:24:27 +0000

Another great post. I am a firm believer of LNT – which is a little harder now I have a toddler with curious hands trying to pick flowers, etc… Still we try and teach respect from the start. The photo of orange peel resonated with me. I was out in a national park a few weeks back and we came across an apple tree sampling at the picnic area. These are not native to the area and I can imagine it would have grown from a discarded apple core. I think people think that these things just rot down and become soil but they can grow and be disruptive to the native species.

By: Josy A

Josy A — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 03:08:48 +0000

In reply to Taryn Eyton.

I’ve been doing that too, but apart from the top of ski runs (where I found loooads) I don’t often find much rubbish here. I have a waterproof seat-pad that someone left near panorama ridge, and I found people’s first aid supplies a couple of times.

Weed or Arc’Teryx gloves sound like better finds!!

P.s. we spent our honeymoon in the Dolomites, but it wasn’t anywhere as busy as that!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:53:39 +0000

I recently started a world trip venture with my partner, in which we are road-tripping and camping/hiking our way around. It has been unbelievable to see just how much garbage is left EVERYWHERE… and has been especially saddening to see just how much there is here in Mexico, especially in the oceans. Hopefully posts like this will help to educate the masses!

By: Taryn Eyton

Taryn Eyton — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:17:44 +0000

In reply to lkvy.

The photo of the Dolomites is a free stock photo – I don’t know if I would have been able to deal with that many people in person! I also pick up other people’s trash – I usually bring a garbage bag exactly for that purpose. My best score is a pair of Arc’Teryx gloves – yours sounds better 🙂

By: lkvy

lkvy — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:55:55 +0000

Did you take that photo of the Dolomites?!

If I have room in my backpack, or I’m close to the end of the trail, I pick up other people’s garbage. Last summer, I picked up what I thought was just a ziploc bag. Upon closer inspection, there was weed inside! Score! XD