[pct-l] Arriving into USA this Sunday !

[busterrey at speakeasy.net (busterrey@speakeasy.net)]

Hello - normally I just lurk on this list but Yosemite is something I know a little about and I'll second just getting supplies from there.  Between the grocery store and mountaineering shop you'll find everything you'll need.  The Yosemite Valley grocery store has everything.  Yosemite Valley is really a full service kind of place, shops, food, restaurants, post office but no gas station.  

The small camp store at Toulumne has a small but good selection of hiker/camp food and the Toulumne grill is a great place for a meal after a day's hike.  The burgers are good but their buckwheat pancakes are my favorite - perfect food just before a hike out of Lyell Canyon.

If it was me I'd follow dude's plan (except maybe the re-supply at Independence - I'd just carry extra from Red's Meadow in exchange for the extra miles).

Just my 2 cents.
YMMV

Andrew - buster's best friend
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dude [mailto:dude@fastmail.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 04:35 PM
> To: usaphilip@acr.net.au
> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Arriving into USA this Sunday !
> 
> Aother alternative to all this transpotation hysteria in Los Angeles 
> would be to just buy food at Yosemite.  They do have a 
> small "Mountaineering Shop" and a grocery store in Yosemite Valley.  I 
> am not sure how long you will be taking to do the hike, but if you are 
> planning on doing 15-20 miles per day, then this is quite achievable.  
> I did this in 1998 after hiking the Tahoe-Yosemite trail, then deciding 
> at the last moment to continue hiking the JMT upon arrival to 
> Yosemite.  Here's what I did:
> 1.  Buy food at yosemite valley.
> 2.  eat lunch on day two at Toulumne Meadows Burger stand/grocery 
> store, also buy more food there.
> 3.  Eat at restaurant and buy more food at Red's Meadow, which is about 
> 38 miles north of VVR.
> 4.  Eat at restaurant and buy more food at VVR.
> 5.  Exit trail over Kearsarge pass and hitch-hike into Independence and 
> eat at Subway Sandwhich shop, buy more food at grocery store.  Hitch 
> back to trail head.
> 
> good luck.
> 
> peace,
> dude
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > I am also flying in from overseas (Australia) to hike the JMT
> > southbound, leaving Yosemite June 21. As I have decided not to attempt
> > to carry any food into the USA, I will need to supply in downtown Los
> > Angeles during the "Sunday" before departing from Union Station for
> > Yosemite Valley. My base pack weight will be around 10 lbs, with a
> > great effort being made to keep the entire pack weight to no more than
> > 25 lbs.
> > 
> > For my initial supply, which will get me to VVR, could you advise me
> > as to the best place to pick up backpacking foods in Downtown Los
> > Angeles on a Sunday. I usually put together my own dehydrated meals
> > and buy things off the shelf in supermarkets, but this time I might
> > also consider a few freeze dried backpacker meals. Also, as my
> > resupply will have to be made up of whatever I can purchase at VVR,
> > can anyone tell me just what they have available to sustain life until
> > I get to Mt Whitney ?
> > 
> > One last thing. I am aware that the snow melt has come quite early. Is
> > it still necessary / wise to carry an ice axe ?
> > 
> > Thanks for your assistance
> > 
> > Philip
> > 
> > 
> > 
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