[pct-l] Monument 78- new register in place

[Connie Davis]

Skittles and I hiked in a new register for the class of 2009 on  
Thursday. It was a gorgeous hot day. The snow has been melting quickly  
up here with the last 3 weeks of amazingly good weather, forecasted to  
end soon.

For the southbounders: there are a few blowdowns but none you have to  
leave the trail to negotiate. There are a few small avalanche chutes  
with snow, small trees and rocks over the trail. The mosquitoes are  
just starting to come out. If you get a late start there is a nice  
backcountry camp about 4 miles in with a bear cache, permanent water  
source, fire ring and pit toilet on top of the ridge with views of  
what's to come. Horse camp is about 8 miles and only  yards from the  
monument.

We cleaned out some stuff left there that didn't overwinter well in  
the soggy base of the monument. I am drying out the 2008 register.  
It's in decent shape and everyone's witty, bittersweet and awestruck  
comments are readable. I was thinking of scanning it and making into a  
PDF before sending it to the PCTA. (This might take me a while.)  
Anyone have an idea where to post it?

After we were done at the monument we hiked to the top of Windy Joe.   
There is a lookout tower, pit toilet and picnic table on top and nice  
views, so if you really don't want to see the PCT end you could hang  
out there for awhile.

Lookout
Class of 2005