JMT

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
• Sept 15 - Fly out of Mammoth Lakes

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.

Expenses

Aaron

• Shipping to MTR, $50/bucket
• VVR expenses
  • Tina gave K $10, I gave to waiter as tip
• 2 beers at Red's (cash)
• breakfast at Red's
• Eric gas
• Ben gas

Krystle

• pitcher of beer at Bodie Mike's - $15
• lunch at Red's - $24
• dinner at Red's - $45.
• grocery run for dinner (first night in Yosemite w/Ben & Maura) - $83

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)