Dear Editor:
This letter is directed to the people who hike up the Grouse Grind (first timers and regulars). Now that the Grind is open for another season here are some things to mull over.
There are no garbage cans on the trail. So please don't throw your empty water bottles, tissues, coffee cups and other trash on the trail. Hiding a water bottle under a rock or in a tree stump does not make it magically disappear. I am amazed at how many bottles I routinely pick up from the trail.
The halfway point on the trail seems to be a magnet for banana skins and orange peels and other food related items. Although these are biodegradable, it takes a very long time for them to disappear - and they do attract wildlife. So, please let's not turn this part or any other part of the trail into a dumping ground for such items. Tissues on the trail look like a trail of white bread crumbs. Again, please don't leave them.
Heed the fact that the trail is not a stroll around Stanley Park. Flip-flops, sandals, high heels and other similar footwear are not the best things to wear on your feet when doing the Grind.
Bob Plummer, North Vancouver
