[pct-l] no hitchhiking

[Ralph Alcorn]

I think with enough preplanning, a satellite phone, and enough money, you
can do it.

We've section hiked from Campo to about half way thru Oregon, and have
hitchhiked about 5 times. We didn't have to in the Hikertown to Kennedy
Meadows section. In Mojave, the Day's in manager will come out and pick you
up, if you phone him. That requires calling where you have cell reception.
North of that, Bob Ennis from Mt. Whitney shuttle shuttled us a couple of
times. We got one ride in that section from other section hikers we met. A
lot of areas lack cell phone reception, so if you can afford it, rent or buy
a satellite phone Irridium, not Globalstar.

You can get names of taxi companies along the way. In one spot, the trail
hit the road less than 15 miles from an Enterprise RentaCar agency. They
will come get you if you are within about 10-15 miles of the agency. Airport
shuttles will pick you up and drop you off, etc.


Ralph Alcorn
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