BowlderBoys' JMT Expedition '08

“Woo-hoo!

Just got our permit reservation confirmation in the mail:

Enter the wilderness at North Lake (Lamarck Lakes Trail) on 7/25

Exit via Whitney Portal on 8/9

We'll be summitting Whitney on 8/9 before exiting - it will be BowlderSon's 13th birthday!! What a way to enter teenage-hood!!

Someone will hike in a resupply from Cedar Grove / Road's End. If not BowlderGal & friend(s), I may be calling on one of you!

BowlderGal will pick us up at the end, and we will have a gigantic birthday celebration that night in Lone Pine. Shutter up yer doors & windows, Lone Piners!!”

“WooHoo!!
Memories in the making.
Or is that miseries in the making?

Lamarck Col, Muir Pass, The Golden Staircase, Mather Pass. Pinchot Pass, Glenn Pass, Forester Pass and Mt. Whitney.

15 days, 7 passes, in how many miles?”

“Awesome! You ALWAYS remember the long hikes...

*edited so I don't get on the outta context thread...
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“Including our jaunt down toward Cedar Grove to meet our resuppliers, I think it's around 125 miles. Total of 16 days of hiking - that pencils out to a little under 8 miles per day. A bit more than last year, but, hey, we're experienced now!”

“If you fish, bring your poles. Even if you don't fish, bring a pole. There are some big uns back there...”

“Last year, I decided I didn't want to hassle with fish-related gear, etc. Of course, we saw pan-sized trout in every single freakin' body of water we looked into! They were practically clogging my filter whenever we got drinking water!

So I'm thinking about it. I'm pretty handy with a spinning lure, and B-Son isn't old enough to need a license yet. Hmmmm.....”

“we'll miss you at the trailhead by a week.
Our group is also starting at North Lk but heading North staring the 19th. we'll exit at Reds Meadow. 70 miles a week later.”

“Songbyrd and Bowlderman always get to have fun! You guys were just out there last year.”

“Songbyrd - can you check up on my car?! Ha!

Yeah, and we "just missed" each other last year, too. Hmmmm, maybe I have bad breath or something....
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“Props guys have a great trip. Looks like you may have some snow up top this year”

“Yeah, Those passes can be tricky with snow on them. I remember when we reached Forester Pass a couple of years ago. Yikes!
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“That's gonna be a great trip. Every step of that route is awesome !! Have a great time B'men”

“What Hodgeman said! We did that same route, but in three one-week trips.

Are you camping at the Darwin Lakes? We caught some 14" goldens there.

Those are all high passes, so good thing you are in shape!”

“Time is getting closer!

We just bought pretty much the rest of our food yesterday. Now we have to repackage it all so it will fit into the canisters. It looks like we will be able to offload one of our canisters at the resupply, since we'll have bear boxes at our first 4 or 5 nights after the resupply.

BowlderGal is confirmed as the resupply expedition leader out of Cedar Grove - she'll be bringing along BowlderCuz and a friend to help.

Still haven't decided if I'm willing to carry the fishing gear weight or not....

We hit the trail 3 weeks from today - woo hoo!

Anybody going to be in the area during that time, other than songbyrd?”

“Where will you be on the evening of July 18?”

“Still at home - we drive to the mountains on the 23rd....

How ya' doin', Phil??!!”

“Maybe next year...”

“The Palooza people will already be out before you guys leave. 8^(”

“Dang, going early, huh? Let 'em all know if they're passing through the East Bay to let me know. Are you going, navi?
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“Oh yeah I'm going!!

The closest anyone will get to the East Bay will be Sac.”

“Bowlderman - Sorry we will miss you! Have a great trip!”

“Same to you, Phil, Navi, and whoever the hell else is going!”

“Forgot to check in - we made it back home this past Sunday. Will post a TR and link to photos when I do them sometime within the next week. B-Son's 13th birthday on Whitney was great!!”

“Looking forward to your pics!!!”