[pct-l] Whitney Portal to Horseshoe

[leo-spencer at comcast.net (leo-spencer@comcast.net)]

Excllent Information and advice. You are correct about the road being a  downill scream, I would be screaming all of the way, and at 40+ mph would probably need a change of  shorts at the bottom.  
Good idea about checking with the local rangers about a shuttle/ride.  I will do so at Lone Pine.

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> 
> I think it was just over 6k up over 21 miles? or something like that. Like I 
> said, not an "easy" ride, but doable. Took several hours even though the 
> first few miles from the portal are a downhill scream hitting 40+ MPH.... 
> Once past the switchbacks on the way up, it wasn't too bad... It's a whole 
> lot easier to bike 6k + 21 miles than to hike it, a lot faster too!!! 
> 
> Don't even think about biking on that road after 10am... Too hot and the 
> traffic is light but a lot of blind corners for drivers. 
> 
> There are a few hiker shuttle drivers in the area too. I used one once 
> recommended by the Lone Pine Forest Service ranger station. 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Judson Brown" 
> To: ; 
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:20 PM 
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Whitney Portal to Horseshoe 
> 
> 
> > actually, it's more like 7,000'- no, thanks 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net 
> > [mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net]On Behalf Of 
> > leo-spencer@comcast.net 
> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:29 AM 
> > To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net 
> > Subject: [pct-l] Whitney Portal to Horseshoe 
> > 
> > 
> > Riding a biike up the grade to Horseshoe? Wow, that seems like a Tour De 
> > France worthy bike ride. Isn't that like a 3-4K ft elevation change with 
> > grades up to 8-10%, over 15 miles or so? And you did it with your pack! 
> Wow 
> > again! While I do bike ride, I think hitching is probably the easier 
> > choice. I can stand out on the road with my Horsehoe Meadows sign while 
> > waving $20.00 bills until some hiker person with a vehicle takes pity. 
> > Leo. 
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From: dude at fastmail.ca (dude)
Date: Thu Jul 22 18:48:59 2004
Subject: [pct-l] reaffirmation in humanity
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thanks, judson.   great story.  much nicer than talking about glocks 
and wrist rockets, and ripped up back packs.


> I recently did a dumbass thing on my trip from ELR to Quincy: while
> staying the night in the apartment above the Buckhorn in Sierra City,
> I plugged my iPod in to charge it up. Being incredibly absent-minded,
> I left it there when I hiked out the next day. Didn't realize it until
> the top of the climb over Sierra Buttes. Do I hike back 7 mi. and
> regain the 2800' to save $300 worth of electronics? I quickly decided
> no. Perhaps one of the other hikers who stayed there had seen it and
> grabbed it? If not, maybe the owner of the apartment would find it
> during the clean up? Sadly, neither happened. As a last glimmer of
> hope, I left a note at the A-Tree (what the hell is that, anyway?)
> saying what had happened and how to contact me.  In the days since the
> trip, I had sadly resigned myself to the loss of one of my favorite
> toys. I was pretty pissed at myself.
> 
> But today, a package arrived in the mail, and I immediately knew what
> it was. The outside said it had been posted from Belden, and inside
> was my precious iPod! I am grateful for the honesty and the effort and
> the money it took for a complete stranger to get it back to me.
> 
> So if anyone know who Donny Stevens is, let him know that he has a
> dinner and a pitcher of beer coming his way when he gets to Ashland! I
> am continuously amazed at the kindness and decency of the people who
> hike this beautiful trail!
> 
> OK, now y'all can go back to arguin' 'bout bears and such.
> 
> Judson
> Ashland
> 
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