[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 72, Issue 24
Sue Kettles
sue.kettles at comcast.net
Wed Dec 25 14:25:09 CST 2013
Ron "Train" Ulrich is his name. Train is his trail name for obvious wedding
dress reasons. He did make it all the way to Canada, wearing a different
dress donated and sent to him each week of the hike. He was a hoot to hike
with - made each day we had the pleasure of hiking with him more fun to head
up the trail. Funny, and fun loving - a really nice and great guy. Lives
in Portland, Or.
Sister Sue and Thing 1 and Thing 2
-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Ed Jarrett
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 10:58 AM
To: PCT List
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 72, Issue 24
I met him somewhere in Southern Oregon. It is my understanding that he had
a series of wedding dresses, and wore one a week for the length of his
journey. And I believe I heard that he had finished the thru.
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> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 10:51:28 -0800
> From: johanna.santore at gmail.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 72, Issue 24
>
> A couple years ago someone was hiking the trail in a wedding dress,
> met him at Swarthout Canyon cache. Does anyone know if he finished
> with the dress or if he gave up on it? Don't remember his name.
>
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> > Today's Topics:
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> > 1. Billy Goat (Bob)
> > 2. Re: Question about Halfdmile App (Rob Flynn)
> > 3. Start thru in March. -- Fuller Ridge + SoCal section sequence
> > (Eric Martinot)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:57:12 -0500
> > From: "Bob" <bobandshell97 at verizon.net>
> > Subject: [pct-l] Billy Goat
> > To: "Pct-L" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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> > Fans of Billy Goat will want to send positive thoughts his way.
> > Yesterday he was diagnosed with a 90% blockage in one artery, 60% in
> > another and he can't remember the amount in the third artery. He
> > will be having a triple bypass whenever they can make the proper
arrangements after the holidays.
> > On the phone just now he said it was OK to share this info with his
> > PCT friends. I'm urging him to view this positively. better to find
> > out and get things fixed, rather than have the worst hit you on an
> > uphill climb. There are undoubtedly miles of good hiking ahead for
> > him. He is at "Amoeba's"
> > (Marilyn Beckley) in Syracuse NY right now.
> >
> >
> >
> > I shared a favorite quote from AARP: " Nowhere is it written that
> > your glory days can't be the ones in front of you and that your best
> > memories can't be bested."
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:46:17 -0500
> > From: Rob Flynn <rob.flynn at live.com>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Question about Halfdmile App
> > To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> > Message-ID: <BLU402-EAS9816BFC5322B907853D30A81C00 at phx.gbl>
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> > Hey Timberline, yup that was me. What is so memorable about a dude
> > in a red dress??? :)
> >
> > I did finish up the PCT, 'twas a good year. Hope you have some
> > happy trails yourself.
> >
> > Inspector Gadget
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
> > [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> > On Behalf Of Dan Welch
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 7:48 AM
> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Question about Halfdmile App
> >
> > Inspector Gadget,
> >
> > Excellent information. Thank you! I especially appreciated the
> > links you sent for more background info.
> >
> > BTW - I think I may have met you in 2012 while I was doing a SOBO of
> > the JMT. Were you doing a PCT NOBO that year? I'm sure you don't
> > remember me, but you were very memorable - at least partly because
> > of your hiking wardrobe. I hope you had a successful finish to your
trip.
> >
> > Thanks again!
> > Timberline
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 10:23:20 +0900
> > From: Eric Martinot <eric at martinot.info>
> > Subject: [pct-l] Start thru in March. -- Fuller Ridge + SoCal section
> > sequence
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> > The two problems with Fuller Ridge in snow in my opinion are the
> > local wind patterns and sun exposure that seem to create ice easily,
> > plus the fact that there are rocky outcrops on the ridge top. So
> > the trail doesn't just go along the ridge top the whole way, but has
> > to drop down significantly a few times on the south-west side and
> > then climb back up to the ridge top, which makes for steep trail
> > along rocky terrain, not just forest. (The slide exposure on the
> > north-east side of the ridge is mostly forest that would likely
> > prevent long slides, and presented much less icy conditions, but the
> > exposure on the south-west side was much more rocky and icy.)
> >
> > I hiked Fuller Ridge northbound at the end of October this year, the
> > day after a major early-season storm dumped 4-8 inches of snow on
> > Mt. San Jacinto. I wasn't expecting ice, just snow, and didn't bring
> > traction devices. The PCT south of Fuller Ridge just had snow, 4-8
> > inches worth (coming up from Idyllwild). But on Fuller Ridge itself
> > there was lots of ice already, just the day after the storm. It
> > wasn't warm during the day, in the 30s, but the wind and sun had
> > already created icy conditions.
> >
> > Just before the northbound PCT attains Fuller Ridge, it drops down
> > the west flank of Mt. San Jacinto, then climbs back up to the start
> > of the ridge. Exactly upon attaining the flat top of Fuller Ridge,
> > the very first thing that happened was that I slipped and fell on my
> > back on the flat icy ground. Then there were a few places where the
> > trail had become an ice chute that required care, and one place with
> > rock walls on both sides where I had no choice but to sit down and
> > slide down the ice for 20 ft., although with no exposure. The crux
> > was a 20-ft section of ascending trail well below the ridge top that
> > traversed a steep rock-dirt slope where the trail had become narrow
> > and eroded, and covered with mixed ice and snow, with a severe rocky
> > exposure to the south-west. Very careful cutting of steps and foot
> > plants and glad I was going uphill rather than down across it.
> >
> > The point is that even after just one storm, and just one day of sun
> > and wind, the trail was already challenging. I suppose March-April
> > conditions can be very different from October conditions, but still,
> > it seems Fuller Ridge is particularly ice-prone, which combined
> > with rugged terrain, not just a ridge-top forest walk, makes it an
> > exceptional portion of PCT, albeit a very short one.
> >
> > If I were to hike the PCT starting in March 2014, and being a person
> > who likes to avoid the May desert heat at all costs, I would start
> > with Sections E and D from Hwy 58 to Acton in mid-March, which can
> > be done easily with public transit (south-bound hike only, a bus can
> > drop you off at Hwy 58/PCT by special request, but wouldn't rely on
> > a pick-up there, then Metrolink from Acton to get to San Diego),
> > then start at Campo. Then on the way north skip Fuller Ridge via
> > Black Mountain Road if there was still late-season snow, as
> > hopefully the only main SoCal snow issue faced with an early start,
> > if San Bernardinos are OK, and allowing extra time to sit out any
late-season storms during April.
> > (Then northbound later, you skip from Acton to Hwy 58 via Metrolink
> > to Lancaster and bus to Hwy 58/PCT.) (I say all this because I did
> > hike Section E in late March and it was very pleasant, and because I
> > hiked Section D in May and wished I had been hiking the northern
> > half past Agua Dulce earlier than that.)
> >
> > I might also consider whether the currently closed San Jacinto
> > segment of PCT from Hwy 74 to Idyllwild might be re-opened by later
> > in the 2014 season, and then initially skip the entire San Jacinto
> > segment from Hwy
> > 74 to I-10, and come back for a few days later in the season and do
> > it then, if I really wanted to hike the whole San Jacinto trail
> > including Fuller Ridge. (Amtrak California can take you from NorCal
> > to Hemet, hitch/taxi/angel from there to Hwy 74/PCT, and then take
> > Amtrak bus from Cabazon, 3 miles from PCT at I-10, and go back up to
> > NorCal.)
> >
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