[pct-l] Etna Summit

[rellinwood at worldnet.att.net (Robert Ellinwood)]

You didn't specify:  with or without handcuffs?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-
> bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of larry hillberg
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:09 AM
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Etna Summit
> 
> After watching three friends just one hundred yards
> ahead get a ride in the first car going past, Flying
> Dutchman and I thought we'd wait awhile.  In minutes,
> we were riding in style, knees high, in the back seat
> of a patrol car driven by a Captain of the California
> Highway Patrol.  All is different when we're out of
> the city and off the freeway.
> 
> Larry H
> 
> --- Robert Ellinwood <rellinwood@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Certainly agree about  Etna.   However...
> >
> > > It is a 9 mile hitch from the trailhead on a
> > narrow winding road,
> > > but surprisingly there is sufficient traffic both
> > ways.
> >
> > In 1990, I met 3 local lads from Etna with fishing
> > poles 2 days before
> > Etna Summit. They said traffic was OK during the
> > week, but dead on
> > the weekends. Arriving on a weekend, from the height
> > of land above the road
> > I kept cranking my neck desperately looking for
> > movement of a car on the
> > twisting road below as I descended.  Nothing in
> > sight.  Anxiety mounted...
> > Reaching the road, there sat an old beaten-up pickup
> > loaded with firewood
> > with the engine being cooled after the climb on the
> > road.  The driver
> > graciously waved us over.
> >
> > "Sufficient" means one car that will take you.
> >
> > Dr. Bob
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
> > [mailto:pct-l-
> > > bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of
> > Singewald
> > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:10 AM
> > > To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > > Subject: [pct-l] Etna Summit
> > >
> > > Just thought I would share a bit about the current
> > conditions up above
> > Etna.
> > > This weekend my wife and I headed north to
> > snowshoe south from the Etna
> > > Summit trailhead.    We found 4-5 feet of snow
> > with 3-4 inches of fresh
> > > stuff left on Thursday night.  It was a glorious
> > day for snow travel and
> > > although we didn't make it out as far as I had
> > hoped it was a wonderful
> > > adventure.
> > >
> > > On the way back to town, we saw several of the
> > monks from the monastery
> > out
> > > walking and also thoroughly enjoyed a fountain
> > drink at the Scott Valley
> > > Drug Store's old-time fountain service.  The Etna
> > Brewery was closed
> > during
> > > January, so we missed the chance to taste the
> > local brew.
> > >
> > > It's amazing that Etna hasn't changed much at all
> > since my last visit in
> > the
> > > late 70s while growing up just east of Etna.  I
> > would highly recommend
> > this
> > > stop to all the thru's this year.  It is a 9 mile
> > hitch from the trailhead
> > > on a narrow winding road, but surprisingly there
> > is sufficient traffic
> > both
> > > ways.
> > >
> > > Enjoy Etna!
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > > Hopeful member of the Class of 2006
> > >
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