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[pct-l] Free Resupply Points in Oregon



In 2000, none of the resupply stops charged for packages. Most are resorts. The 
Big Lake Youth camp also accepts packages. But, that doesn't mean things are 
the same this year. I think you could find the phone numbers and call.
--
Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@attbi.com
> Can anyone tell me which resupply points from Ashland to Bridge of the
> Gods offer free mail storage?
> 
> CASA
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>    1. Re: a few JMT questions (dude)
>    2. North to South directions/ attitude (Nancy Sexton)

>    3. fuel canisters for JMT.  How many? (Nathan Goldfarb)
>    4. Re: a few JMT questions (Dave)
>    5. Sierra Snows (Connie Peabody)
>    6. fuel (Nathan Goldfarb)
>    7. Red's Meadow store (JohnDRandall@aol.com)
>    8. Seiad Valley on the Travel Channel (Paul Magnanti)
>    9. Re: Sierra Snows (dude)
>   10. Re: Sierra Snows (Christine Kudija)
>   11. Descriptive journals (Karen Borski)
>   12. Re: a few JMT questions (Marshall Karon)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 13:10:46 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "dude" <dude@fastmail.ca>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] a few JMT questions
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> agreed.  Red's store is pretty well-stocked.  unless you get there in 
> very late season (mid september).  I was there on sept 10th last year 
> and they were out of a TON of stuff, but we still managed to get 

> enough stuff to resupply in the store (just not exactly what we 
> wanted).
> 
> 
> peace,
> dude
> 
> 
> > In a message dated 5/19/2003 12:36:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > tarbubble@yahoo.com writes:
> > 
> >> about the stores at Tuolumne Meadows and Red's Meadow:
> >> i have heard that these stores are well-stocked
> >> enough that we could resupply from them.
> >> 
> > 
> > Last I heard Red's Meadow wanted $25 to hold a mail drop.  It's
> > only 35 miles to TM or 29 to VVR depending on which way you're
> > hiking.  You could resupply out of the resturant for that kind of
> > money, but easily buy what you need from the store.
> > 
> > Sly
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 10:45:43 -0700

> From: "Nancy Sexton" <pumpkin1@thegrid.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] North to South directions/ attitude
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
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> Glad the list is back up. Thanks for your efforts! We will be hiking
> from Castle Peak on Hwy 80 in NCal, to Mt Whitney. The JMT book has good
> north to south directions, but does anyone know of a book that gives
> directions north to south from Castle Peak to Tuolumne Meadows? It is a
> bit confusing to have to read the guidebook backwards!
> On another subject, I too have been enjoying the discussion about trail
> attitude. When I attended the ADZPCTKO, I was really impressed by the
> positive, serviceful, joyful atmosphere and attitude of the group as a
> whole, and it made me think that, since hiking the trail is what
> everyone had in common, it must have had quite a positive effect on
> people. I was particularly interested in Jeff's story of his brother,

> the Buddhist monk. I live in a community that practices meditation and
> yoga, and one of the things we do is take regular seclusions for a few
> days to a week, usually. We have an oft quoted saying here, "The price
> of greatness is seclusion". It is a wonderful and, many times, very
> tough experience, but you almost always come out having learned a lot,
> and with a fresh outlook and deeper calm. Although I haven't done it
> yet, I expect hiking the trail will be a lot like that, only probably
> more so. I look forward to finding out!
> Sunny Skies
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 19:09:16 -0400
> From: Nathan Goldfarb <natgold@ufl.edu>
> Subject: [pct-l] fuel canisters for JMT.  How many?
> To: "  pct-l" <"  pct-l"@mailman.backcountry.net>
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> Hi Fellow walkers-
> 
> I'm very glad the board is up and running again!  Thanks.
> 

> I have a fuel question for our JMT hike which starts at Horseshoe 
> Meadows on June 9!!! So soon YIIIPPPPIEEE.
> 
> I'm using a Gigapower and have the big fuel canisters (220g).  How many 
> should I carry at once?  I cook the standard Lipton dinners, raman 
> noodles, etc.  and boil water for 1 or  2 cups of tea or hot choc. per
> day.
> 
> I've broken the trip into the following:
> 
> Horseshoe Meadows to Whitney Portal  ~35 - 40 miles----  1 canister?
> <we're skipping Crabtree to Kearsarge Pass (25 miles) b/c we have to 
> walk our friend out to Whitney portal. He can't do the whole trip so he 
> is stopping there.  And, I can't let him walk out alone.  He will take 
> us by car to Independence to the Kearsarge Pass trailhead.  Skipping 
> Forrester Pass might be good this time of year, anyway.  Any comments on
> 
> this part of the trail we are missing?  I figure we'd make up for it by 
> seeing something not on the JMT like the Onion Valley/Kearsarge Trail 

> and the Cottonwood Pass trail where we start.>  Who ever said you have 
> to be a purist?
> 
> Kearsarge Pass Trail to JMT to VVR ~ 95 miles---- 2 canisters?
> VVR to Tuolumne ~ 60 miles----2 canisters to get from VVR to Happy
> Isles????
> Tuolumne to Happy Isles ~ 22 mi
> 
> Oh, my wife is on the trip too.  So we will double the above numbers of 
> canisters each carrying our own ;)  She always accuses me of dishing off
> 
> weight on her. ha ha ha. Not true really, IMO.  For some reason she 
> still goes backpacking with me.
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> Nate
> 
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 11:43:34 -0600
> From: Dave <teamcourage@attbi.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] a few JMT questions
> To: Slyatpct@aol.com
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> I skip all places that charge for mail drops. and even if running low if
> 

> they sell supplies i won't do business with them I will find another 
> place. It don't cost them money to take a package that come sin the mail
> 
> ands et it on a shelf. So when I did the pacific crest and other major 
> trials I skipped all the places that charged for mail drops. sure that 
> meant carrying a heavier load at times but it sure beat doing business 
> with  rip off business that is just taking advantage of there location.
> 
> Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >In a message dated 5/19/2003 12:36:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> >tarbubble@yahoo.com writes:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>about the stores at Tuolumne Meadows and Red's Meadow:
> >>i have heard that these stores are well-stocked
> >>enough that we could resupply from them.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Last I heard Red's Meadow wanted $25 to hold a mail drop.  It's only 35
> miles 
> >to TM or 29 to VVR depending on which way you're hiking.  You could
> resupply 
> >out of the resturant for that kind of money, but easily buy what you
> need 
> >from the store.
> >
> >Sly
> >

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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 22:33:00 -0700
> From: "Connie Peabody" <c.peabody@attbi.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Sierra Snows
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
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> Does anybody know a projection for snow conditions on the John Muir
> Trail around mid-June?  Will you need any special gear to get through
> and is the trail easy to follow?
> 
> Mark 
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 08:17:02 -0400
> From: Nathan Goldfarb <natgold@ufl.edu>
> Subject: [pct-l] fuel
> To: "  pct-l" <"  pct-l"@mailman.backcountry.net>
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> my last post didn't make it to the board.  will this one?
> 

> CAn anyone tell me how long a gigapower canister (big one 220g) will 
> last on the JMT (1 quickboil dinner and 1-2 cups tea a day).  Thanks.
> 
> Nate
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 17:27:31 EDT
> From: JohnDRandall@aol.com
> Subject: [pct-l] Red's Meadow store
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
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> I'd mail freeze-dried food to both, if that's what you're using for your
> main 
> meal.   I've been to Reds Meadow twice.  As I remember it had a decent 
> selection of drinks, ice cream and fishing supplies, but not much after
> that. 
>   About the ambiance of an ARCO jiffy mart, except woodsy.    The
> restaurant 
> was open for breakfast and lunch, but they took reservations for dinner,
> 
> mainly to take care of the cabin rental folk.   But, you'd need to
> confirm 
> that with Reds Meadow Resort.   There's a shuttle bus to Mammoth Lakes
> that 

> operates 7-5 daily where there are real grocery stores.
> 
> John Randall
> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 14:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Paul Magnanti <pmags@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Seiad Valley on the Travel Channel
> To: pct-l@backcountry.net
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> One of my room-mates was watching the travel channel
> when my ears picked up the magic words of "Ben and
> Jerry's". Number five on the "top pig outs" in the USA
> was the Vermonster..and obscene amount of ice cream in
> one sitting.  
> 
> But guess what #3 was? That's right the Pancake
> Challenge in Seiad Valley.  There was Rick talking
> about his pancakes and a nice view of the store where
> many of us parked out butts while chowing down on an
> obcense amount of food. (Even his omelletes were a lot
> for my thru-hiker appetite!) The blurb mentioned the
> PCT "and the hearty travelers who walk this 2650 mile

> trail".  It was also quite funny to see some of the
> local attempt the challenge. Having seen a thru-hiker
> attempt it last summer, the sight looked all too
> familiar! A bit green around the gills and the look of
> "NO MORE".  
> 
> The spot even had a few pics of thru-hikers attempting
> the challenge. Including the one in the recent PCTA
> Communicator with a person face down in a pile of
> pancakes. Nice little trip down memory land. IF you
> happen to catch this show, it may bring back some good
> (or bad! :D) memories for you.
> 
> Mags
> 
> 
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 19:18:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "dude" <dude@fastmail.ca>

> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sierra Snows
> To: c.peabody@attbi.com
> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
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> here are some photos of what the JMT will be like in mid june.  these 
> photos start on june 14, 1999:
> http://homepage.mac.com/hshires/pcthike/section9p.html
> 
> 
> 
> > Does anybody know a projection for snow conditions on the John
> > Muir Trail around mid-June?  Will you need any special gear to get
> > through and is the trail easy to follow?
> > 
> > Mark
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> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 16:34:47 -0700
> From: "Christine Kudija" <cmkudija@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sierra Snows

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> I hope Nathan sees these - pictures DO speak louder than words....!!!
> 
> Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
> 
> "Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top.
> Then you will see how low it was."  Dag Hammarskjold
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "dude" <dude@fastmail.ca>
> To: <c.peabody@attbi.com>
> Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 4:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sierra Snows
> 
> 
> | here are some photos of what the JMT will be like in mid june.  these
> | photos start on june 14, 1999:
> | http://homepage.mac.com/hshires/pcthike/section9p.html
> |
> |
> |
> | > Does anybody know a projection for snow conditions on the John
> | > Muir Trail around mid-June?  Will you need any special gear to get
> | > through and is the trail easy to follow?
> | >
> | > Mark
> | > _______________________________________________

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> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 19:32:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Karen Borski <kborski@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Descriptive journals
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
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> I have read a lot of trail journals, and I was telling
> Linda that I agree that there aren't many out there
> that are very descriptive of the trail.  Most people

> talk about social activities and towns, which is fine
> and entertaining in its own right.  When I thru-hiked
> the AT, my goal was to keep an objective, very
> descriptive journal of the hike as I experienced it. 
> I got a few vicarious hikers interested in it, but it
> turned out that it was difficult to maintain and I
> think my family found it too dry.  They wanted to know
> what I was doing, not seeing.  I added more subjective
> material eventually. 
> 
> Still, I did keep it very descriptive of the land and
> animals I saw, and I continued this style with my PCT
> journal.  The PCT journal seemed to morph into "all
> about me" much sooner than the AT one, and I didn't
> get to finish my hike....but if you are interested in
> objective journals, they are at
> www.trailjournals.com/nocona.
> 
> Some other journals that are more descriptive are
> Troubadour's (www.pcthiker.com) and Sweeper's (he
> hasn't hiked the PCT), and I seem to remember Brian
> and Roy's being quite descriptive of trail conditions

> (http://www.accesscom.com/~kkbunya/pct/).
> 
> Nocona
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> Message: 12
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 19:40:21 -0700
> From: "Marshall Karon" <m.karon@attbi.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] a few JMT questions
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
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> My recollection of the stores from two trips:
> 
> Tuolumne Meadows - excellent selection of most everything, including
> light
> weight foods and fresh foods. One could resupply here.
> 
> Reds Meadow - very limited supply. I wouldn't resupply there.
> 
> Marshall Karon
> Portland, OR
> m.karon@attbi.com
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> Subject: Re: [pct-l] a few JMT questions
> 
> 
> > yes, all of the above..even "fresh" hot-house tomatoes.
> > Gas, alchohol, FD food, etc...pretty well stocked
> > almost like a small grocery store.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > At 09:35 AM 5/19/03 -0700, emma eyeball wrote:
> > >that i hope haven't been asked a million times
> > >already.
> > >
> > >about the stores at Tuolumne Meadows and Red's Meadow:
> > > i have heard that these stores are well-stocked
> > >enough that we could resupply from them.  can anyone
> > >tell me a little bit about what
> > >backpacking-appropriate foods they offer?  we will
> > >still be mailing in supplies, but if we can avoid
> > >having to mail items that we will be able to buy fresh
> > >(or semi-fresh) that would be great.
> > >
> > >do they offer fruit?  overpriced freeze-dried meals?
> > >i'd just like to know what to expect.  thank you!
> > >
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