[pct-l] Packers

[wandering_bob at comcast.net (Bob Bankhead)]

See http://www.qnet.com/~sierramel

Long Valley Llamahaul
a.. Melanie Garside
a.. 35 W. Axford Lane
a.. Bishop, Ca. 93514
a.. (760) 872-7666 Monday thru Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM Pacific Standard 
Time only.

Vermillion Valley Resort will be cheaper than Muir Trail Ranch, and a lot 
easier to send supplies to.

Wandering Bob Bankhead

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marge Prothman" <marge@prothman.org>
To: "Pct-L" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:00 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Packers


Hi there,
Now, I would like to pick the brains of people in the know.
If I should get a chance to be on the PCT this year I need to figure out
resupply in the Sierra.  I am not capable of carrying huge amounts of food
and here is what I am thinking.

Kennedy Meadows to Kersage Pass 85 miles
Kersage Pass to Muir Ranch  66. miles
Muir Ranch to Tuolumne Meadows 86 miles.

I really did not want to hike out to the Onion Head Trailhead but I would
like to  search for packers with horses, mules or foot or whatever to give
me a resupply the Kersage Pass trail cutoff.  I am quite willing to pay that
is not a problem. I understand that the bear box at the junction of the PCT
and Kersage pass has been taken out, so it would mean I would have to meet
the packer there.

Now if you have any ideas on packers, mules or lamas etc. or a person who
would like to hike in and meet me (for money of course) then I would
appreciate knowing how to contact these people. A few years ago I was hiking
up the trail from Cedar Grove to Vidette Meadows and a horse pack train
passed me on that trail.

Any ideas are appreciated.

Marge   [The Old Gal]
http://www.prothman.org/marge