[pct-l] transportation in section D

[Ripperton Matt" <maripper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ripperton Matt)]

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Greetings everyone.  My name is Matt Ripperton, new to the list as of a few=
 weeks ago, I've been simply reading & catching up with the goings-on while=
 I formulate my spring hiking plans.  I am a past AT thru-hiker (Ajax in '9=
6), and in '98 I hiked the first 400 or so miles of the PCT from Campo.  Ar=
ound the end of April I am planning a 3 week section from where I left off =
to hopefully finish the desert.

My question to everyone (and most specifically Ray, from the San Gabriels a=
rea who introduced himself to the list a couple of days ago) is around tran=
sportation in Section D.  I want to start at the 3-points intersection on t=
he Angeles Crest Highway.  I have been searching in vain  for some way to g=
et there without paying a fortune for a taxi.  (Does anyone know how much t=
hat would cost from, say, the Burbank airport?)  None of the LA area transi=
t seems to go up there.  I also thought about coming in from the east, taki=
ng the VVTA busses to Wrightwood or at least Phelan & then hitching, but fr=
om my searching it sounds like the highway might not be open from that side=
.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

The end of my hike will most likely be Walker Pass, or perhaps Kennedy Mead=
ows.  I'd welcome transportation suggestions from those locations also if a=
nyone knows.  Would it be an easy hitch to Bakersfield?

Thanks,
Matt Ripperton
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