[pct-l] Shipping to KM store + small olive oil bottles

[Terry]

Eric, why don't you just call Kennedy Meadows Store ?

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> On Apr 7, 2014, at 2:16 PM, Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Simon wrote:
> 1) Can I ship my ice axe (and other "Sierra stuff") to the Kennedy Meadows
> Store two months in advance? This way I could ship it from San Diego to
> Kennedy Meadows right away, instead of having to bounce it forward. And a
> more subjective question: do you think an ice axe is needed this year?
> 
> I don't know what the policy actually is at Kennedy Meadows Store, but I'll
> observe that it can be quite challenging for some of these places to safely
> store hundreds of boxes for long periods of time.  If at all possible, I'd
> encourage you to arrange for a friend to ship your Sierra stuff to Kennedy
> Meadows closer to your arrival date just to reduce the hassle for the store.
> But that's just me - maybe they wouldn't care one way or another.
> 
> The question "is an ice axe needed" depends on so many variables as to be
> meaningless.  An ice axe is only necessary if you slip and fall on a steep
> snow slope.  The vast majority of people who carry an ice axe never use it
> to prevent or arrest a fall.  They might conclude that an axe wasn't
> necessary.  A few people do end up using their ice axe to save their lives.
> They'd definitely tell you it was necessary.
> 
> It's kind of like insurance.  It's usually not necessary, and you hope it
> never is, but if you need it you better have it.  The only time it's smart
> to do without it is when a covered disaster scenario can never happen.  For
> example, I don't carry flood insurance on my house because I live on a hill
> and it's practically impossible for my house to flood.  In the same vein, if
> you're planning to enter the Sierra late enough that there will be no steep
> snow slopes anywhere, then of course you don't need an ice axe.  If you're
> entering before all the snow has melted then you *probably* won't need one
> but if you do, you better have one.  The exact timing of the snow melt-off
> is difficult to predict this far out.
> 
> Eric
> 
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