[pct-l] Tehachapi/Mojave question.

[Stephanie Wilson]

I've never been to either town, but the research I've done and what
I've read/heard from other hikers is exactly what you said. So I'll
probably be trying to hitch into Mojave this year for my resupply, and
probably take a zero there also.

Steph
'07 in training


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On 2/1/07, The Mountain Goat <themtgoat at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have started some research on resupply towns. I hope to make a video / on
> how to / resupply strategies. Anway:
>
> I went to Mojave to resupply in 2005. I liked Mojave because it was a 13
> mile hitch (The whites motel is said to pick people up, but I found it quicker to
> hitch in).
>
> The town (Mojave) is fairly compact and from your hotel the USPS is only a few
> blocks away, and the there are a half dozen hotels.
>
> The Supermarket is less than a mile I think, and generally you can get the mailing
> done, Eat and get food and Internet at the Library. All within 1 mile.
>
> When I went to Tehachapi, everything is so spread out. You would continually
> have to get a hitch to taxi to get around. It had I think a K-mart, Wall Greens, and
> what not. But the distance to everything was a lot more walking.
>
> What are your opinions? why would you want to go to Tehachapi over Mojave?
> or do you prefer Mojave as I did?
>
> For that Matter, anyone got a better Idea on resupplying, rather than having to hitch to Tehachapi/Mojave? Yes. I know you could do it at Hiker Town, but that would make it a really long section to Walker Pass or Kennedy Meadows.
>
> -Mountain Goat-
> PCT 2005