[pct-l] Re: Resupply and Hitchhiking...

[darkbodhi at yahoo.com (shane wohlken)]

Ted,

Holy Cow!!!  That is some story.  Well, I
certainly hope that that is not typical of the
small towns along the trail!   But all the same,
I will take your experience into account as I
plan our trip.  Thanks for sharing.

Shane

--- Magical Nexus <magicalnexus@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Howdy,
>  
> I try to keep to resupply points within a few
> miles of the trail, and there are enough that
> are within five miles or so to avoid the really
> distant ones. 
>  
> A word about hitchhiking for those who think it
> is useful.... 
>  
> I got overheated and had to walk out to S1 and
> tried to hitchhike back to Mt. Laguna. No one
> would pick me up. No one. I tried waving a 20
> dollar bill... no effect. When I was lying on
> the ground vomiting from heatstroke, the local
> mailman drove up, delivered a letter to a
> mailbox not five feet from where I was standing
> and left without even asking if I was ok. The
> local sheriff is supposed to have someone up
> that road every four hours but nobody came....
> It wasn't until the next afternoon that a
> forest service employee stopped and asked if I
> was ok, and then called the sheriff on me
> claiming I was a trespasser that I got any help
> at all. By then I had managed to get some
> electrolytes in me and was halfway functional
> again so when the Sheriff asked me if I needed
> medical attention I said "no". He called the
> EMTs at Mt Laguna and asked them for a
> "courtesy call". I endured that, holed up with
> some V8 and Cytomax for two days and then
> headed back out, only to return home 6 weeks
> later
>  to find a 600$ bill from the EMT service...
>  
> So I wouldn't plan on depending on hitchhiking
> to get you anywhere....
>  
> The longest diversion I make in the Southern
> sections to Kennedy Meadows is the ten miles to
> Tehachapi/Mojave - it is fairly critical unless
> you carry heavy from Agua Dulce.
>  
> Ted
> 
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