[pct-l] Ben Schifrin

[atjulliard at yahoo.com (Alan Julliard)]

Hi Ben,

  Thanks for the Fuller Ridge update.  I have been
debating carrying an ice axe myself instead of just a
single REI telescopic cane (left over from broken leg
a few years back).  I will be there in about 10 - 12
days.  As I recall, you are an experienced mountaineer
(as I am) so I trust your words more than others. 
This is my first backpacking trip on the PCT since I
hiked Mexico to Canada 30 years ago.  In fact, I met
you just north of Yosemite in 1975, or at least, I met
a thru-hiker named Ben who had started with a partner
in 1973 and had foot problems so had to finish the
next year.  There were 8 or so of us together on a
gorgeous sunny day when we stopped to chat with you
not far from Dardanelles (?).
  Anyway, I need the updates to the current Southern
California guidebook but cannot find them on the
Wilderness Press website.  Would you please point me
in the right direction.  Thanks!!

Alan

>I got through this last week with tricouni screws on
my >tennies (which 
>I probably didn't need) and a single trekking pole
>(which was nice). 
>Very sloppy. There had been some fresh snow from
>Sunday-Monday night, 
>but the rest was just consolidated old snow. It will
be >much better in 
>a few weeks-- I'd definitely leave the crampons
behind.

>Ben Schifrin
>Wilderness Press
>17360 Highgrade Lane
>Sonora CA 95370
>work 800.443.7227
>home 209.586.5767

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