[pct-l] Walker Pass Resupply

[The Mountain Goat]

In 2005, 6 of us got together and selected two people to hitch in. We used the "couple" method. And it seemed to work. This is probably a hard hitch otherwise, but people are more likely to pick up a guy and gal together... I tried to minimize the amount of hitching on last years thru-hike, perfering to use the mail all resupplys to resupply points. I didn't have to get resupplied at Walker Pass, but was just a little short on food, so I had them get me a couple of things. In the end, we got in a day early at Kennedy Meadows, so I don't think it really mattered.


Jim Keener      jlkeener at yahoo.com        

Hello,

I waited a long time at the pass to get a ride to
Onyx. How long is a long time? Hmm. About twenty
minutes. And a guy came along who had free milesage on
his rental car. So he was driving, just to put on the
free miles. I love hitching. Anyway, got to the store
and the checker told me about the "secret", but
illegal campsite by the river. Good site. Cottonwood
trees. Sweet shade on a hot day. Then Popsickle showed
up, Ryan and Lindy, then Nazgul.

Fine place to camp. Good company. 

The lady at the post office saw us waiting outside the
next morning and opened early. Good resupply point, if
you're using the PO. But not the store - very limited,
at least in 2004. 

Most of us (those before me and me!) got rides from in
front of the store back to the pass pretty quickly.

I will probably use Onyx as a resupply point again.

Best,
J J

 
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