[pct-l] ADZPCTKO

Kevin hikelite at gmail.com
Mon Feb 14 23:56:07 CST 2011


Thanks Jackass and Asabat

I'm starting before KO. I have no intention of reaching Lake Morena the first day. It's good to know I don't want to camp there. I would be tempted by the water, but I also expect I would want to go further on day 2. 

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On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:31 PM, AsABat <asabat at 4jeffrey.net> wrote:

> Yes Lake Morena is where I have spent my coldest nights camping. A December night there was colder than my winter trips on San Jacinto. It's a big cold sink.
> 
> AsABat
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> 
> "Jason Moores" <jmmoores1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> If for some reason you can't find a spot or if you wanted a little
>> privacy/peace you could hike about two miles north onto the ridge line
>> that
>> parallels the highway, sleep there and be back to K.O. in less than an
>> hour.
>> 
>> Last year we pushed on from Moreno to this ridge on our second day
>> out(before K.O.). We were sad to leave all the Thrus who were camping
>> there
>> that night, but didn't wish to wake up freezing and wet the way we had
>> the
>> year before. We even encouraged a few hikers to join us but there were
>> no
>> takers. The next morning we awoke to see the park and lake under a
>> blanket
>> of cold fog. brrrrr.
>> 
>> Jackass
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
>> diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Everybody should sign up, even the thru-hikers if they can. Then they
>>> know how much food to cook. But you don't have to worry about a
>>> campsite or the campground getting too full for you. Thru-hikers are
>>> the guests of honor and there will be plenty of room. Just make sure
>>> you sign up so there's enough meat, tortillas and pink bandanas.
>>> (Actually we don't know what color they are going to be yet.)
>>> On Feb 14, 2011, at 3:36 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You didn't miss it. I think he was replying to an older post. It
>> was
>>>> discussed at length.
>>>> 
>>>> Thru hikers are the "guests of honor" and a place will be made for
>>>> them to
>>>> camp. The rest of the folks attending need to sign up on the site
>>>> when it
>>>> goes live. Should be later this month from what I hear.
>>> 
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