[pct-l] Public Notice - Mt. Whitney Trip Change

[Brett]

You could always hike out of Lone Pine on the all-new 
Lowest-to-Highest Trail (L2H), spend the night at the Portal 
backpacker's sites, start your acclimatization there, then 
go on as planned in the morning. Total elevation gain of 10k 
= envy of all dayhiking tourons.

Updated L2H home page: http://simblissity.net/L2H.shtml

The sign at the terminus for the Whitney Portal National 
Recreation Trail (out of Lone Pine Campground) indicates 
many of the old-timers felt that this trail was more 
interesting and beautiful than the main Mt Whitney Trail.

- blisterfree

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Hiker97 at aol.com>
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<carolbruno at cox.net>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 6:05 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Public Notice - Mt. Whitney Trip Change


> The Mt. Whitney Expedition has been changed to  a full 
> moon summit bid on
> Thursday, September 7.  There will be a  partial solar 
> eclipse that day too.
>
> I will arrive in Lone Pine at  the Dow Motel on Labor Day, 
> September 4
> to start partying.  The next day  about 3 miles up the 
> trail to Outpost
> Camp will be the goal.  Then the  next day it will be 
> another 3 miles to
> Trail Camp for additional rest and  continual acclimation.
>
> When I leave Trail Camp at midnight for the  top on 
> Thursday, I will
> probably go on O2.  I will have my personal  oxygen bottle 
> with me.  If
> any of you are planning to go with me, there  will be a 
> small fee for
> any use of my bottle.  The higher we go, the  higher the 
> fee.
>
> Your pal and unselfish hiking partner,  Switchback
>
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