[pct-l] Day Hikes and small trips around the area

Bill Burge bill at burge.com
Fri Sep 18 13:38:17 CDT 2009 

Based on this statement:  "...if you are involved in that club, you  
are able to go on joint hikes, and such..."

It sounds like he meant the Sierra Club.

http://www.sierraclub.org/

BillB


On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Elizabeth Starnegg wrote:

> Hi, I am a single woman who just moved here from Lewiston, ME three  
> Mondays ago, and am living with my
> cousins now in CAMINO, CA. This is near many trailheads to the PCT  
> and the El Dorado National Forest. I am
> here because I am establishing residency so that I might be able to go
> to Humboldt State University for a cheaper price instead of the out- 
> of-state fee (around $30,000).
> So, I am basically hanging out for a year, gathering funds and
> knowledge. My Austrian dad and I would go hiking almost every weekend
> before I left, and I loved that so much. I am not at the point where I
> can go off on my own, in other words, I have so much more that I can
> learn and benefit from. But I am dying here, because my cousins are  
> not
> very active in that area. I need to get out and go into the  
> wilderness.
> Before I left my dad told me to search out the Pacific Crest Trail  
> Club, because there was an Appalachian Trail Club on the East (the  
> AMC) and he remembered there was an group specifically
> for the Pacific Trail. And, at least on the East Coast, if you are
> involved in that club, you are able to go on joint hikes, and such,  
> and
> that would be great for me, because then I wouldn't have to worry  
> about
> being alone and would learn the whole time. I am eighteen, and I just
> got a job at an apple orchard, so I am starting to get busy, but I  
> am still desperate to get out. I like photography, so I will
> probrably be bringing my awesome point and shoot camera with me for  
> potential photos. The
> only way I can excercize is by walking on the roads around
> here because there isn't really a good terrain to train - well there  
> are bike trails
> but they are flat, and besides, there are a ton of creepy people  
> there that I wouldn't want to surround myself with in case a  
> situation were to arise. And
> because of me just walking on the hilly roads, I have gotten, kinda  
> out
> of shape, since Maine... :[ so keep that in mind, but I
> like to go a good pace, and not stop all the time. So that way you
> don't tire the crud out of your body. I am a single woman, and would  
> like to be with other single women, but if on the occasion I do  
> happen to go with men, I would like at least one other woman there  
> with me. Just in case, you know? I would like to no not have to  
> travel too far for a hike, since there are tons of them right here  
> in front of me, so no more than an hour or and hour and a half. I  
> would like day hikes, or maybe weekend trips, the most I would do is  
> a week or to, but that requires substantial training before a trek  
> like that. I am here to meet new friends, and also enjoy my new life  
> here and nature. Is there anyone out there with the same interests  
> who would like to help me out?
>
> thanx
> biz
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:54:35 -0700
> From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] How much water  vs   Margarita???
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net, Hiker97 <hiker97 at aol.com>,     Deems
>    <losthiker at sisqtel.net>
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> /Ellen wrote:
> A final word: when hiking in the heat of the desert, the heaviest  
> thing
> in // your pack should be water!
> ----------------------------------
> JMT Reinhold replies:
>
> I'm with you Ellen,
> Some years ago, hiking the Apache Point Trail in the Grand Canyon, a
> waterless & shadeless three day hike in 100
> degree heat, I was hauling 12 liters.
> Yes, water most definitely was the heaviest thing in my pack.
>
> Well,  I'm of to Catalina Island to enjoy the cool ocean breezes while
> Switchback is sweating in Las Vegas.
> I will be thinking of you all while slurping  "Margaritas"  and  
> watching
> bikini clad surfer babes stroll by.
> I believe  Ellen recommends a minimum of one liter of liquids  per
> hour....lets see now....1 x 24 = 24.
> Boy, that will be a lot of  "Margaritas".
> Hhhmmm......I wonder how Margaritas, in place of water, would work  
> when
> hiking in the desert?
> Just wondering,......that's all.
>
> JMT Reinhold
>
>
> /
>
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> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:47:54 -0300
> From: Brick Robbins <brick at fastpack.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] I want to post to the list
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> you just did.
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> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Elizabeth Starnegg
> <ca_saunagirl at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi I am biz, I wanted to post to the list. :D
>>
>> biz
>>
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