[pct-l] Subject: Re: Hitch to Lone Pine

[Slow Comfort]

Tks Aussie,

I'll probably just call a cab, (if they're available)  from the
trailhead if I can't get a ride right away.

Slow

On 1/17/07, david booth <dbooth at cyberone.com.au> wrote:
> I have exited the PCT twice at Horseshoe Meadows down to Lone Pine.
> In 2004 while hiking southbound and 2005 hiking north.
> The first year I missed the last car to leave in the evening so I
> stayed the night and stated out in the morning.
> All cars were coming up for sightseeing, picnics, hang gliding but no
> one was going down to Lone Pine. I road walked most of the 22 miles,
> with a hitch at the end into town.
> It was like coming down in an aircraft as I gradually lost height
> down into the desert below. The highlight was a beer provided by a
> hang glider pilot from LA.
> The second exit from Horseshoe Meadows was better, during the day I
> met some peak baggers on the way to climb Olanchia Peak. I asked them
> if they were going out that day and they said yes. I asked them if I
> could hitch a ride with them. They said OK if I was at the carpark
> when they were leaving. So the race was on for me to beat them there
> (they had day packs). I made it with ten minutes to spare and got a
> ride all the way (Yogi would be proud of me). I was so grateful that
> I bought the guy a meal at Lone Pine before he headed off home.
> It is a difficult hitch but probably OK in the afternoon as the
> sightseers go home.
> Aussie Dave
> Canberra Australia
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