[pct-l] No Zeros in Motels

[Ned Tibbits]

Hey, Dan!

My resupply location-choices list from 1974 was based on where friends/family lived, for the most part. Since it took almost two years, starting in 1972, for me, a 15-year-old at the time, to plan my hike, I had time to solicit them and to drive the route the summer prior to look for locals who might, also, hold a box for me.

So, of my 13 drive-out drop-boxes, I selected 10 locations: 
Fawnskin/CA, 
Weldon/CA, 
Cedar Grove/KCNP/CA, 
Yosemite/CA, 
Echo Summit/CA, 
Old Station/CA, 
Copco Lake/CA, 
Odell Lake/ORE, 
Cascade Locks/ORE,
Snoqualmie Pass/WA,
and Rainy Pass/WA.. (These boxes were sent to those who would later drive out to meet me).  

I utilized only one Post Office, in Mojave/CA.

I found one person living near the trail, who worked for Crater Lake NP, by the name of Ms. Elva Michael, who volunteered to hold a box for me.  Of interest to many on this List, the name of Elva Michael should ring a bell. This was the person Eric Ryback referred to as the “Park Superintendent” on p. 90 of his famous book, “The High Adventure of Eric Ryback.” I just happened to bump into her working behind the Park Information desk the summer before my hike. She wasn’t the Park Superintendent! I spent the night on the floor of her garage cleaning and restocking my Kelty pack and boxing Kodachrome 25 film, my journal, and used, full-sized topo maps to ship home the next day when I continued hiking north July 4th.


Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education
www.mountaineducation.org

From: Daniel Zellman 
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 5:52 AM
To: Ned Tibbits 
Cc: mark utzman ; pct-l at backcountry.net 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] No Zeros in Motels

Ned, 

That's what we're hoping to do as well -- hoping to avoid towns and hotels and "civilization" generally, and stay on the trail as much as possible. I wonder if you'd be able/willing to share your resupply list?


On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Ned Tibbits <ned at mountaineducation.org> wrote:

  That's the way I did it! The idea was to spend as much time in the mountains
  as I could and only resupply via boxes mailed to me in various places,
  ranger stations, highway crossings, and to friends nearby who could drive a
  box out to meet me.


  Ned Tibbits, Director
  Mountain Education
  www.mountaineducation.org



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  From: mark utzman
  Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 5:56 PM

  Hello all, Has anyone thru-hiked the entire PCT without laying over in a
  motel? Strictly camping out? Just curious.  Mark