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*August 7 - Krystle ships resupply stuff to Aaron | *August 7 - Krystle ships resupply stuff to Aaron | ||
*August 14 - [http://www.muirtrailranch.com/resupply.html send MTR resupply] by this date | *August 14 - [http://www.muirtrailranch.com/resupply.html send MTR resupply] by this date | ||
*August 22 - Depart Bay Area for the Sierras | |||
*August 24 - start JMT at Glacier Point | *August 24 - start JMT at Glacier Point | ||
*Sept. 14 - finish JMT & drink cold beer and eat lots of pizza and burgers somewhere | *Sept. 14 - finish JMT & drink cold beer and eat lots of pizza and burgers somewhere | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 20 July 2015
Timeline
(see setback schedule page)
March 9 - apply for permit- Through July - buy all the gear! (see JMT/gear)
- July/August - training trips
- August 7 - Krystle ships resupply stuff to Aaron
- August 14 - send MTR resupply by this date
- August 22 - Depart Bay Area for the Sierras
- August 24 - start JMT at Glacier Point
- Sept. 14 - finish JMT & drink cold beer and eat lots of pizza and burgers somewhere
Permit
Route & Resupply
Transportation
- CREST provides bus service from Lone Pine (the nearest town to Mount Whitney) to Mammoth Lakes.
- The YARTS Highway 120 East bus provides service from Mammoth Lakes to Yosemite Valley.
Gear & food
Budget
Resources
- yahoo group
- Elizabeth Wenk book
- Facebook groups - JMT and Ladies of JMT
- here's a nice map.
- Paper maps! (highly recommended by Adam White from the Yahoo group)
