[pct-l] Trail angel in LA acting as gear mailbox?

[aslive at charter.net]

Anne

I live about 60 miles east of L.A. and just fifteen minutes from the 
trail between Big Bear and Cajon Pass.  I would be happy to accept and 
store you items.

Shepherd


On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Stephanie Wilson wrote:

> Hi Anne- I live in northern California, several hundred miles north of 
> LA
> close to Lake Tahoe.  If no one comes forward in LA, I would be happy 
> to
> accept and store your items for you and then send them to a friend who
> lives near LAX in one shipment right before you arrive for your trip. 
> Hope
> it all works out for you!
>
> Stephanie
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Anne Estoppey 
> <anne_estoppey at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was wondering if there is a possibility to find a trail angel who 
>> would
>> perhaps agree to act as a mail box for my gear. I live in Europe, and 
>> quite
>> a few items I am interested in comes from the States. I don't see the 
>> point
>> to pay a lot for shipping to Europe, and a bit later I travel with 
>> the same
>> gear back to the US. I think that TrailDesigns don't even ship to 
>> Europe...
>> I will start hiking first in Hawaii from about mid-December. My idea 
>> was to
>> travel via Los Angeles just before that a) to buy some remaining gear 
>> at
>> REI, b) to pick up my gear if I manage to find a trail angel in LA 
>> who
>> acted as mailing box.
>>
>> Please tell me if I am completely "off the tracks" for such a 
>> request. I
>> am not sure otherwise how to get in touch with trail angels to ask 
>> them
>> directly. I don't know if any trail angels are in the PCT mailing 
>> list at
>> all.
>>
>> Unfortunately I can't bring any food rewards from France (except
>> chocolates!), because importing any meat product to the US is 
>> forbidden
>> (and this time I will enter with a proper visa, not the default 3 
>> months
>> thingie, so no funny stuff ;-)
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your replies and hints :-)
>> Anne
>>
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