[pct-l] Sierra City to Belden/Belden to Old Station

[joph at piedmontbsa.org (JoPH)]

Tortoise
That is a great idea! But so far no takers. I can't believe there aren't
more section hikers out there trying to coordinate transportation what with
the price of gas, limited time and so on! So far our solution is to take two
cars, but we're still interested in doing this.
Chips

-----Original Message-----
From: Tortoise [mailto:Tortoise73@charter.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:00 PM
To: JoPH
Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sierra City to Belden/Belden to Old Station

 From my experience and thinking --

Instead rendezvous somewhere before starting the hike, exchange cars and
each group has keys to the car they are hiking to; (their own car).
   It's easy to miss the other party when planning to meet somewhere on
the trail -- one group takes an alternate route, gets temporarily lost,
takes a short side trip, whatever; and you don't meet. Also this way you
avoid the problem of ending your hike at different times and meeting up
afterwards to get back your own car back.

John

JoPH wrote:
> Ralph-thanks for the update on this section. We plan to hike Sierra City
to
> Belden over Labor Day (4 days?) and then if the weather doesn't close in,
> Belden to Old Station in early October. Can you, or anyone on the list
serve
> suggest a safe place to park at or near the trailhead in Sierra City,
Belden
> or Old Station?
>
> As we hike North and further away from friends and family to help with
> transportation, we would also be interested in hooking up with other
hikers
> that might be interested in coordinating transportation. For example, we
> start a section going North or South and someone coming from the other
> direction would meet in the middle, exchange car keys and meet up to
> exchange cars. Just a thought. We live in the Bay Area. Please contact me
> off list if interested in exploring this further.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chips (of "Fish and")
>
>