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* Vitamin I
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* Water filter
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* Rope to hang "bear" bag / "bear" bag?


* Food (see below)
* Food (see below)

Revision as of 00:56, 12 April 2019

This page is for planning the hike from Saratoga Gap to the sea.


TODO

  • Confirm with Federica.
  • Buy food.
  • Buy stove fuel.
  • Food storage plan?
  • Download and put the map on our phones.

X Stoves appear to be okay in the park. Also, note: "Jay Camp is close to the park store, which sells camping supplies, sandwiches, ice cream, and the best selection of beer and wine I’ve ever seen in a California state park."

Itinerary

This is the map.

  • Saturday (4/13): Saratoga Gap to Jay campground (~15 miles)
8:00: Leave from our house on Lyft to Saratoga Gap?
8:30: Start hiking?
16:30: get to the campsite (~2 miles/hour pace)?
  • Sunday (4/14): Jay campground to the beach (~10 miles)
8:30: Leave the campsite?
16-16:30 (4-4:30PM): Pick up

Gear

Each group (MM, C) should bring:

  • Tent

Each person (M, M, C) should bring:

  • Sleeping bag
  • Sleeping pads
  • Sweater
  • Down jacket
  • Hiking pants
  • Shirts
  • Socks
  • Underwear
  • Rain jacket
  • ? Rain pants
  • Hiking shoes
  • Water bottles
  • Sunscreen
  • Toiletries
  • Towel
  • Phone

?Share?:

  • Cooking stove
  • Cooking fuel - MM would need to buy this?
  • First Aid
  • Vitamin I
  • Water filter
  • Rope to hang "bear" bag / "bear" bag?
  • Food (see below)

Food

Note: There's a grocery store near the campsite (Big Basin Grocery Store).

Snacks etc

miso soup
hot chocolate
nuts -- clark can bring almonds, walnuts, and brazil nuts
dried fruits -- clark can bring dried mango, dried peaches. may want a little more.

Saturday:

  • Breakfast before we leave MM's hosue


  • Lunch
Bread (C is okay with any bread that's not just white flour when on the trail)
Cheese
Brown pickle
  • Dinner
? Lentils and rice (longer cook time, but delicious). Clark can bring rice, lentils, onion, garlic. We may want veggie bullion to add.
?Japanese curry with rice? -> buy instant rice
?instance ramen? -> buy ramen noodles
?other?

Sunday:

  • Breakfast
eggs
bread
  • Lunch
?onigiri?
  • Dinner back in town to celebrate!