[Cdt-l] Cdt-l Digest, Vol 66, Issue 38

Tue Mar 26 21:30:12 CDT 2013

To skip an entire town because of a bad experieance someone had??   I recall 
someone telling me that the people in Mojave were really rude and did'nt 
like hikers.  I took that as a challange to hitch there and see. Well.... 
everywhere I went I found nice people.  You can't judge a town by one or two 
dicks.  Frost
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>   1. Re: Rain Pants? (Craig Johnston)
>   2. Re: Rio Grande del Norte National Monument (JD Schaefer)
>   3. Atlantic City and Big Sandy (david at greenpackin.com)
>   4. Ferris Mountain Route (Craig Johnston)
>   5. Re: Atlantic City and Big Sandy (Jackie McDonnell)
>   6. Re: Atlantic City and Big Sandy (Craig Johnston)
>   7. Re: south pass and atlantic city (Naomi Hudetz)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:29:34 -0400
> From: Craig Johnston <johnston73 at me.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Rain Pants?
> To: Bob Sartini <bobsartini at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Cdt-l at backcountry.net Emaillist" <Cdt-l at backcountry.net>
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> Trash bag capris :D ?
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> On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Bob Sartini <bobsartini at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I carry them. Work well when it's cold or cold rain. But mainly what 
>> would I wear in the laundromat ?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Craig Johnston <johnston73 at me.com> 
>> wrote:
>> who has / is  carrying / carried rain pants on the CDT ?
>> are they needed ?
>>
>> I didnt have any for the PCT or AT ..
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> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:32:11 -0400
> From: JD Schaefer <jdrows at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
> To: blisterfree at yahoo.com
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> BF
> I'm in Chama until Thursday morning.  Did you hike an out and back?
> Where'd you start?
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> Thanks
> JD
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> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:54 PM, <blisterfree at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> This is a big deal. Stretching from the western Carson National Forest
>> district / CDT country to the eastern district near Taos at the foot of 
>> the
>> Sangre de Cristos, the newly-created Rio Grande del Norte National 
>> Monument
>> protects a long tract of the Rio Grande Gorge along with a huge swath of
>> nearly virgin high desert country that nonetheless had been a mixture of
>> public and private lands with no overarching management plan.
>>
>> I hiked a cross section of this territory last summer, from Chama to
>> Questa, and can confirm it's as wild as something right out of the
>> Pleistocene in many places, a remarkable thing considering the mostly
>> uncomplicated high desert topography which spreads out between two 
>> distant,
>> yet well-travelled highways at either end, and dotted with hulking,
>> symmetrical cones born of recent volcanism. The views are sweeping and
>> nearly infinite.
>>
>> Somewhere down the line, this new national monument will surely become a
>> long-distance hikers best friend, I suspect. Let's see to it that it's
>> managed well, is left in a natural state, and does not, as a now 
>> singularly
>> managed tract, fall prey to politics, energy development, and the like.
>>
>> - blisterfree
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> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:34:36 -0700
> From: <david at greenpackin.com>
> Subject: [Cdt-l] Atlantic City and Big Sandy
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> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:05:58 -0400
> From: Craig Johnston <johnston73 at me.com>
> Subject: [Cdt-l] Ferris Mountain Route
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> anyone have thoughts on Ferris mt. route ?
> Im was thinking about doing it.
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> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:29:55 -0500
> From: Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Atlantic City and Big Sandy
> To: CDT Emaillist <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
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> Big Sandy Lodge used to acept packages for hikers, even if they were not
> guests.  That changed (2006-ish?) because a hiker broke into a cabin to
> retrieve his package.
>
> Yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
> On Mar 26, 2013 8:34 AM, <david at greenpackin.com> wrote:
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>> Don't know about Atlantic City but Tony at the Big Sandy Lodge says
>> they'll accept packages but you have to have a reservation at the lodge 
>> for
>> them to do so. Still doing research to see if anyone else in the Big 
>> Sandy
>> area accepts mail drops.
>>
>> David
>> *GreenPackin'*
>> *When BackPackin', go GreenPackin'*
>> *david at greenpackin.com*
>> *www.greenpackin.com*
>> *(256) 683-6172*
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> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:32:53 -0400
> From: Craig Johnston <johnston73 at me.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Atlantic City and Big Sandy
> To: Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com>
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> Gee that was very nice of that hiker, I hope his ass got arrested ...
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> On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
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>> Big Sandy Lodge used to acept packages for hikers, even if they were not 
>> guests.  That changed (2006-ish?) because a hiker broke into a cabin to 
>> retrieve his package.
>>
>> Yogi
>> www.pcthandbook.com
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2013 8:34 AM, <david at greenpackin.com> wrote:
>> Don't know about Atlantic City but Tony at the Big Sandy Lodge says 
>> they'll accept packages but you have to have a reservation at the lodge 
>> for them to do so. Still doing research to see if anyone else in the Big 
>> Sandy area accepts mail drops.
>>
>> David
>> GreenPackin'
>> When BackPackin', go GreenPackin'
>> david at greenpackin.com
>> www.greenpackin.com
>> (256) 683-6172
>>
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> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:26:22 -0700
> From: Naomi Hudetz <naomihudetz at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] south pass and atlantic city
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> We had a fantastic experience at the Mercantile last year.  We sat at
> the bar and chatted with the bartender, who told us he and his brother
> owned it.  He seemed to genuinely enjoyour conversation, always
> returning to chat when he wasn't busy. Dinner was delicious.  He kept my
> soda glass full (of Squirt, BTW). They made us sandwiches to go.  He
> didn't mind that we filled our water bottles. A very positive experience.
>
> I also called the B&B and was told they were full.  I never mentioned we
> were hikers.  The bartender told us that theB&B likes *plenty* of
> advance notice.
>
> Naomi
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> On 3/25/2013 10:13 PM, cdt-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Jackie 
>> McDonnell<yogihikes at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> >Holy crap..........Atlantic City............in 2004, I had a great time 
>>> >in
>>> >AC.  Nice people, great food, rented a cabin from the Mercantile.
>>> >
>>> >2012 was a whole different experience.  The people there were RUDE, and
>>> >hated hikers.  No, I'm not imagining it.
>>> >
>>> >Matt and I were sitting at the bar in the Mercantile.  They CLEARLY 
>>> >knew
>>> >we were hikers:  we looked like hikers, plus we nicely asked the 
>>> >bartender
>>> >(owner?) where he wanted us to put our packs.  The Bartender was
>>> >indifferent to us until some other guests sat right next to us.  Then 
>>> >the
>>> >bartender started talking to those guests about how much the bartender
>>> >dislikes hikers.  Hello?  We're RIGHT HERE.
>>> >
>>> >While we were at the bar, I called to that B&B you mentioned.  I asked
>>> >about getting a room, and the conversation was fine until I said we 
>>> >were
>>> >CDT hikers.  The B&B person immediately decided he didn't have any 
>>> >rooms,
>>> >and hung up on me.
>>> >
>>> >So, I say skip AC.
>>> >
>>> >South Pass City:  yes you can mail out, but it's not a Post Office. 
>>> >The
>>> >lady in the store takes your money, then she mails your package when 
>>> >she
>>> >goes to town (I'm guessing Lander).  South Pass City is not a "town". 
>>> >It's
>>> >an historical site.
>>> >
>>> >Yogi
>>> >www.pcthandbook.com
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