From the posts here and on the Whitney Portal site- It sounds like some friendly user maintenance is due. I'll be carrying a stronger trash bag on my trips on the mountain- to pick up abandoned Wag Bags.
It doesn't do any good to bitch about the @#%* who left them- a) they are't there or on these sites;and b)obviously don't care. Educate if you see someone leaving a bag; but once its left- not their problem.
If we wait for "the imaginary bag person" or a Ranger to pick them up- Whitney will start to look and smell like Everest with its trash. I don't like people trashing "my yard" when I walk in National Parks; and pick up non bio-degradable stuff when I see it. I carry protective gloves and purell anyway for first aid and keeping my hands uncontaminated when using my bags; so its no big deal. I carry a trash bag to put my used bags in, and carry it on the outside of my pack to keep accidents from happening in the pack; so one or two more in it won't matter.
If we each picked up one or two WAG Bags on the way down; the view, odors and flying critter situation would improve.
If you're not part of the solution- you're part of the problem.....
