[pct-l] Seeking JMT shuttle info

[Bill Spreng]

I wouldn't worry about leaving your car parked at Whitney Portal as I've 
done it many times for several days.  What you do have to be concerned about 
is leaving anything that resembles food, ice chest, toilet articles, etc as 
it will attract bears.
    Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R Bridges" <jyopilot at hotmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 6:00 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Seeking JMT shuttle info



Hi folks,

It's time for us to finish up the south half of the JMT (MTR-Whitney), but 
since we live on the east coast, the transportation is a nightmare.  Our 
initial plan is to enter from the east side (Piute Pass trail), leaving a 
car in the Whitney Portal area, with some sort of shuttle / bus transpo 
between the two ends - leaving the car at North Lake is also an option.  We 
have the additional problem of a safe place to leave the "town gear" while 
we're out hiking.  This leaves a couple questions for those who know the 
area:

1. Is there a safe place to leave a car with a some gear at either location? 
(Whitney Portal or thereabouts; or North Lake)
2. Anyone know of a taxi / shuttle, etc to get from Bishop out to North 
Lake?
3. Any knowledge of one-way rental cars along 395? (Bishop, Ridgecrest, etc)

We've also considered coming in from Fresno with a shuttle up to MTR, but 
that leaves us a long way from our town gear when we finish at Whitney. 
Obviously there's few pretty ways to do it, so we'd appreciate any tips from 
anyone with local knowledge.  Thanks for any info you can offer - if the 
south end of the JMT is half as good as the north end, it'll be well worth 
the effort.

Bob & Coleen

PS:  Thanks Dave H - your Saturday post was very helpful.

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