[pct-l] Heights

[Carl Siechert]

Shroomer:

For hikers concerned about pack weight, wouldn't a lightening magnet be a
good thing? Seems like that'd allow you to go over the pass like greased
lightning.

;-)




On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don’t camp in the bowl just at the base of the south face as it is a
> lightening magnet. I know three of us who did so over the years on
> different occasions and all of us thought our lives would be over before
> the end of the night. You’re above timberline and it’s dangerous to stay
> over night up there in those bowls. As for the day time, usually there are
> foot prints in the snow across the chute and it is much less difficult than
> Mather Pass in a normal year. If the monsoonal patterns have begun, usually
> in July, then the afternoons are lightening prone so try and do it in the
> morning. But if you’re doing it in June as so many thrus are, then you have
> a good shot at it all day. But be cognizant of the weather for all the High
> Sierra passes.
>
> Shroomer
>
> On Fri, Dec 8, 29 Heisei at 6:25 PM Sabrina Harrison <
> troopharrison at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey friends!
> >
> > Let’s talk about Forester Pass. Tell me stories that’ll make my fears go
> > away -
> >
> > I’ll start you off -
> >
> > “Ah, it’s all tricks of the camera”
> > “Not as bad as it looks”
> > “You can pay a local to knock you out and carry you across it on a
> donkey”
> >
> > ~GoGo the section hiker, creeping north
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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