[pct-l] Urgent request for alternatives to John Muir Trail - 3 Scots need advice

[ccleveland at gmail.com (Clinton Cleveland)]

Hi,
 I agree with the others; no need to change plans. My girlfriend and I are 
starting the 24th and everything I'm hearing these days sounds encouraging. 
We were in the sierras a few weeks ago and there was snow, but it was going 
away fast and the air felt like summer. It's kind of fun to crunch through 
snow when it's eighty degrees out (as long as it's early enough in the day 
that you don't punch through).
Worst case, you can always hike out one of the escape routes and hitch to 
another section of the trail.
 Have a great trip!

 2005/7/19, TimMasonInc@aol.com <TimMasonInc@aol.com>: 
> 
> Dear fellow hikers,
> 
> We are a group of three Scots with a permit to walk the John Muir Trail 
> from
> 29th July (next week) to about 22th August.
> 
> As you can imagine we have been planning this carefully and are set for a
> lightweight long distance trek, expecting dry warm conditions and no real 
> snow!!
> We were intending to use public transport as much as possible to and from 
> the
> JMT (North to South)
> 
> We are experienced long-distance, mountain walkers (full Pyrennean Haute
> Route etc.)
> 
> But we now have alarming news about the freakish snow conditions in the
> Sierras and are expecting to be told that we should not attempt what we 
> intended.
> 
> Can you please offer any useful suggestions for alternatives, bearing in 
> mind
> what you know about us and what we intended to do? We fly into San Fran on
> 25th so please reply soonest.
> 
> Thanks for your help in anticipation.
> 
> =8-$
> 
> Tim
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