[pct-l] oregon section

Sun Jun 22 13:20:13 CDT 2008

you can take the rogue valley bus (RVTD) from medford
to ashland for 2 dollars the transit station is like
two blocks south of greyhound 

im looking to start sections R thru P july 8th from mt
ashland 
15 miles a day if  anyone is interested send me an
email
reed

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>       from LAX (Joanne Lennox)
>    3. Re: Washington PCT (Joanne Lennox)
>    4. Test (Jon Shellhammer)
>    5. Re: Trail drinking (kcristler)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:22:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: mark v <allemande6 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Hello from the Sierra,	and how to
> get back to it 6/27
> 	from LAX
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> 
> Hi PCT-L.  My journal will be getting some much 
> needed updating the next few days, because on
> business i'm off the trail for a week.  We made it
> as far as Red's Meadow // Mammoth Lakes, and it was
> a challenging adventure.  The rivers were high
> enough to cause us to each fall in once...the snow
> covered the trail often enough to keep the maps out
> from time to time...the general going hard enough to
> lower my mileage from 25 a day in the Southern
> Sierra down to about 17 a day in the High Sierra.  I
> was glad to have left my ice axe behind at
> Independence.  There are enough steps on the steep
> bits (mostly Mather and Glen Passes) to make ice axe
> unnecessary.  I was also glad to have bought new
> wool socks, since the constant streams and snow
> on/around the trail meant wet feet much  of the
> time.  I'll post more on my journal soon.  Oh, and
> the Kearsarge exit to Independence was fantastic. 
> Really maybe the best part of the whole trip for me.
> 
> I'll be going back to the trail on Friday 6/27, and
> before i figure out bus tickets or car rentals etc,
> i thought i should ask if anyone in the L.A. area is
> planning on heading to the Eastern Sierra // 395 //
> Mammoth Lakes on that day.  I'd gladly pay all gas. 
> My flight gets into LAX at about 10am, and i'll be
> eager to get back to the hike faster than public
> transport or hitching will probably allow. 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> Cuddles 
> 
> www.trailjournals.com/markvpct08
> 
> 
>       
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:39:56 -0700
> From: "Joanne Lennox" <goforth at cio.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hello from the Sierra,	and how
> to get back to it
> 	6/27 from LAX
> To: <allemande6 at yahoo.com>, <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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> Actually , I have the same schedule as you have,
> except I am flying into 
> Reno - because there is a shuttle that leaves  Reno
> airport at 11:45 (M, Tu, 
> Th, F) and arrives MacDonalds in Mammoth at 4:40 pm
> (cost is $35).  Seems 
> like an easier connection than from LAX. 
> Call1-800-922-1930 if you want 
> more information.  You may have to make
> reservations.
> 
> a Bien tot, Goforth
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:08:48 -0700
> From: "Joanne Lennox" <goforth at cio.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Washington PCT
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>, "Jim Ostdick"
> <palomino.pct at gmail.com>
> Message-ID:
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> 
> Well, if you could only wait a month - the Kendal
> cat walk might be open although there may be snow in
> that section all this summer.  I would not do the
> Kendall catwalk if the slope is under snow, but you
> never know maybe we will have global warming here
> for a change.  Although the rock face on the catwalk
> is steep enough that it might not hold much snow and
> may be snow free by now; there are some steep wooded
> gaps. ridges and slopes North of there that I would
> be more worried about  - the slopes leading into and
> above Alaska and Joe Lakes - these will accumulate
> and hold the snow and may also be icey; Chikamin
> Pass is also very steep but the slope is south
> facing; the backside of Park Lakes ridge falls
> steeply into spectacle lake-  a very steep and
> wooded and north facing slope.
> 
> The reports on the climbs of Guye and Snoqualmie
> Peaks on the nwhiker website will tell you exactly
> what the trail conditions are in the last two days
> on the PCT.  These two peaks( see map J1 in the PCT
> guide) are on the same ridge as the PCT and  Guye
> only one half mile away.  The PCT is higher than
> Guye Peak - compare the steepness,
> 
> Actually it might be easier in the Goat Rocks if you
> are competent with an ice ax and steep snow.  There
> will be more snow but less confusion about where the
> trail goes. The traversing trail ridges probably
> have some serious cornices on them too - beware the
> edge!!
> 
> There is always next year. Sometimes Nature does not
> cooperate with our plans.
> 
> I will be starting out from Mammoth on the same day,
> and I will be wondering about you for the whole 3
> weeks I am in the Sierras.  Alas!! Come back safley
> with good stories!!
> 
> Goforth
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:12:13 -0700
> From: "Jon Shellhammer" <jshellhammer2 at cox.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Test
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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> 
> I know these probably get annoying, but I'm just
> doing a test.
> 
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> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:32:25 -0700
> From: "kcristler" <kerouc at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail drinking
> To: "Marge" <marge at prothman.org>,
> <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Message-ID:
> <001901c8d474$caf4e100$c0e76c47 at YOUR6EA8154886>
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