[pct-l] Oregon questions

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

As others have said, it is dry between the rim and Thielsen. If you are 
lucky, someone may put up a water cache at the road at the North end of the 
Park. But, don't count on it. Definitely plan on going the whole way. It is 
a rather flat walk from the rim to just before Thielsen.

I camped on the rim after dark with another group of PCT hikers. Probably 
not suppose to, but - it was beautiful! Got out real early the next morning 
for the long, dry hike.

Use the guide book for route finding. It gives maps and the alternates. You 
don't really need more.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <maurer@earthlink.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:42 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Oregon questions


> Hi all,
>
> Getting into Oregon planning and I have a couple of questions;
>
> 1. Once I get to Crater Lake and get my box from Mazama, is there a place 
> where PCT hikers tend to camp? It'd be great to camp near the rim - would 
> I hike north a bit and stealth camp?  Just curious.
> 2. Assuming a Crater Lake camp, does one typically hike the 26 or so miles 
> to Thielson then camp again? I'm guessing that if I don't do that I'll 
> need 7-8 liters of water capacity to get through this section and dry 
> camp. Same question for the Thielson to Summit Lake section.
> 3. Age old question but I cannot find the info in the archive - which 
> guide info to carry? I have the guide book, data book, Yogi's book and the 
> morethanamile PCT printable maps. I can carry any combo I choose. 
> Navigation doesn't look tough through Oregon so I'd figure on not printing 
> the maps from the CD (although I have a color printer and topo paper here 
> at home). Guide book covers tons of info including side trails, Yogi's 
> book has great real world info, and the data book has ALL the water info. 
> I suppose I could write the water info into Yogi's pages and carry them 
> plus the guidebook. Any real world experience w/b appreciated.
>
> Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Mike Maurer
> Gossamer Gear
>
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