Krishna wrote:
> Yes, the ranger also gave me a wag bag at the lodge pole RS when I picked up the permit for use on the east side of Whitney. I told him that they are available at Crabtree RS and I dont intend to carry it all the way. He said I can throw it in garbage a few feet away which I did.
JMT hikers on the Whitney summit told me the Yosemite permit people handed them a wag bag and told them they would need it on Mt Whitney. So they carried it ALL the way!
I think Krishna did the right thing.
Ranger Rob Pilewski at Crabtree that
1. Seki is not even asking through-hikers who summit Whitney and then continue north or south on the JMT or PCT to use wag bags.
2. they DO provide wag bags on the trail on the way past Crabtree.
I was amazed that the permit clerk at Mineral King told me I had to pack out not only used TP, but also apple cores, banana peels and orange peels.
In my opinion, they have gone berserk with the requirements. I asked other hikers about carrying out TP, and not one did. One said he burned his.
