[pct-l] Thru Hikers

[montypct]

Geezer wrote:
> Trailboy,
>
> Curious what weather you had on 9-20 after you left (at ~ 4:00 am) our
> shared campsite below Methow pass.  Did you have much rain that day?

Geezer!!!!  There you are!!

Same as you, I also had some difficulties the night of the 20th.  Both times 
in the hot tub, I couldn't get the temperature to rise above 104 degrees!

Easy, Lizard, Samuri Joe and I hitched down to Winthrup from Harts Pass.  At 
noon (mid day!) the temperature dropped to below freezing.  High winds, 
visability was dropping in a blizard and the trail was starting to 
disappear.
We hitched back up the next morning and finished 10 am the 22nd.

In June 2005 I had a similar experience at Harts Pass.
Seven of us crammed in the bathroom mid day to get warm.  All of us in one 
stall.   One person hypothermic.
It didn't work.  We then crammed our gear and ourselves into half a camper 
shell for an 18 mile ride down to Mazama,
thus giving us the name "The Sardine Seven".

Twice from Harts Pass now I've had the same MAJOR difficulty.
I couldn't get the hot tub in Mazama to rise above 104 either!!

Thru-hiking can be rough at times.

Trailboy..........................
I mean Monty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bharve at dslextreme.com>
To: "montypct" <montypct at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru Hikers


>
> Trailboy,
>
> Curious what weather you had on 9-20 after you left (at ~ 4:00 am) our
> shared campsite below Methow pass.  Did you have much rain that day?  I
> zeroed in-tent (with snow falling most of the day) and stayed a second
> night.  On 9-22 there was no accumulated snow from Methow to beyond Harts,
> and not much evidence of rain.  My decision to take a zero 9-20 to wait
> for clearing skies was foolish.  It appears that, unlike SoCal, cold
> fronts in northern WA can come hard on the heels of of preceding ones,
> such that storm is near continuous.
>
> If I ever hike in northern WA again, I'll either be with a group or be out
> by about Sep 10.
>
> geezer
>
>
>> Successfully sub 5 average and half the trail at sub 4.
>>
>> Only had one challenging day and no really cold nights.  Eight of us
>> finished in Manning on Sept. 22nd.  Two more of the same herd the
>> following day.
>>
>> Now I'm ready to join your ASDHA group.............................
>> Starting with a Couch to Fridge YoYo.
>>
>> Monty
>