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*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 | ||
*Sept | *Sept 15 - Fly out of Mammoth Lakes | ||
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*Shipping to MTR, $50/bucket - Aaron | |||
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Revision as of 20:38, 14 August 2015
Timeline
(see setback schedule page)
March 9 - apply for permitThrough July - buy all the gear! (see JMT/gear)July/August - training tripsAugust 7 - Krystle ships resupply stuff to AaronAugust 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
- Sept 15 - Fly out of Mammoth Lakes
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
Expenses
- Shipping to MTR, $50/bucket - Aaron
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)
