Gemini's JMT 07 trip plannin' thread

“i saw the previous posts. and i saw her over-reaction. and i saw greenmonkee threaten physical violence. maybe you should check that

;-)”

“aww the good ole days...”

“Crash!!
You might wanna consider a little more fiber in yer diet buddy!! LOL,
Damm I'm funny.
Watcha ya doing next weekend? I might post an Adena Trace trip.
See ay later.
Randall
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“Yeah Man I figure a snowshoeing trip would be da bomb up there. You got any planned?”

“Hey Dude!!
I think that Yogisan is planning a winter thing in Wisconsin!!
Here's the link!!

http://www.thebackpacker.com/trips/trip/1593.php

They had the most snow ever up there last year and I hear this year will be even worse!
See ya later.
Randall”

“Awesome I'll have to check it out. And get your A$$ down to Masten!”

“left in a snit


Is that some kind of foreign car?”

“no way! gem is an all-american girl”

“Gem or Jackstraw,
Is there a trip report for this? How many days/nights? Where and how did you resupply? and Where did you camp?”

“Guess what I am gonna be doing this year???? Guess.......”

“Hmmmm.... car camping near Miami?”

“32oz should be going with me... But he is mad at me... all my fault, I've been a real butthead... Soooo now i am going solo...”

“Gem - I am sure you are aware that we have had a very dry winter here in Northern CA. Just be aware during your planning that water may be quite scarce and hard to come by once you leave the Little Yosemite area. Get as much water as you can from LYV. Last time it was a dry year, we had to pump from a green puddle AND Sunrise was dry. Get as much water as you can from LYV. The only water to be had there was from a pipe. Once past Cathedral Lakes you should be fine. So basically your first night and second day might be thirsty.”

“Thanks SandyAnn... I guess that would mean ya needy to take a filter? I was planning on taking drops this time to save weight..”

“Hmmm...I think you could get away with drops if you don't want to carry the filter. So far all of the trips I have done this year have been without the filter.

I personally would carry one just because I don't like the floaties. Many people just don't bother filtering with anything.

I guess it all depends on where you are spending your first night? If you plan on going all the way from the Valley to Sunrise then I think you are fine with drops. The other option is to carry the filter and lose it at Toulomne if you find you don't need it.”

“I'll figure it out once I have my pack packed lol.”

“Tell 32 oz not to be a wuss. When are you going?”

“On the 27th of July... Super excited. :)
Planning on the usual 21 days on the trail, but will try to push myself a little more...

Wish July would come a little faster...”

“Cool. I'm doing Onion Valley south in the end of August. Wish I had time for the whole thing.

Snow Nymph told me about running into you at a gas station.”

“Yes... crazy...middle of the night, middle of nowhere, we run into each other. Pretty cool

She's helping me a lot during this trip, so is SandyAnn.

Enjoy onion valley!!!”

“I am looking at the little JMT atlas... But wow, $37 for it? It's very small and compact. Wondering if its worth it, or if I should stick with the regular 13 page map set?”

“ohh yeahhhhh....
From:
Charlotte, NC , US (CLT)

To:
Santa Barbara Mcpl, CA , US (SBA) Depart:
Fri, Jul 27, 2012
07:34 am - 11:56 am (1 Stop)

Return:
Fri, Aug 24, 2012
08:06 am - 07:06 pm (1 Stop)

It'll be almost perfect :D
Wish my camera would be smaller tho.”

“sandyann - I also don't care for the floaties and JERMM clued me in on a great way to handle them - Walgreens and other drug stores sell cheap nylon socks for women in little plastic eggs - 2/1$ or 0.65$ for 1 pair - rinse the socks out and stick a sock into the water bottle pulling the elastic part of the sock over the mouth of the bottle then fill the bottle - the sock catches all the floaties and the water flow into the sock is better than any other similar technique. See http://jjmatheshikes.blogspot.com/2010/11/h2o-treatment.html for some pics and discussion”

“HOI, originally I was planning on using my bandana... stocking idea isn't bad either... ;)”

“I've used my bandana once upon a time - the sock technique is an order of magnitude better for getting good flow”

“yeah HOI...I've also heard that you can use a coffee filter but I think it can only be used once. I did a trip a couple weeks ago and managed to get fresh springwater below Half Dome right after the turn off the JMT. No floaties cuz it was straight out of the ground. Then got some out of a small creek close to the turn off for Cloud's Rest and lot's of stuff went into my bottle and tummy.”

“Just read over the old thread. What happened to Sacco? I miss him!!!

Donna the Bluefin bartender asking me all kinds of question why I sit here wearing hiking pants, Looking at Maps and reading guide books... how can I explain that it's actually fun walking for 21 days, smelling funny and sleeping in a tent?”

“Don't even try. It is incomprehensible to anyone who has never done it and even to some who have. Sometimes I even ask myself WTF I am doing?”

“the thing that tripped me into using the sock was in the Smokys I dipped some water from a stream, looked at it and saw things swimming in the water - floaties - sort of OK - swimmies - no way”

“HOI ya wuss. Swimmies in the Smokys is nuttin but good.”

“So jealous, hope you have a great time! I have a hollow core filter set up you can borrow if you want to try it. Bag, hoses, filter, less than 6oz. No pumping.”

“oh 1camper...I might take you up on that offer.... I wanted to try it for a while now...”

“I emailed Sacco...email was still valid, and he even replied. Glad he didnt get eaten by bears.”

“my solar charger came today. Not bad at all. a little heavy though, but the battery power is 4000mAh. That's pretty good for $25 device.
Needed a new headlamp [mine broke]

This is what I ordered with my dividends:
http://www.rei.com/product/830453/princeton-tec-remix-headlamp

what ya think?”

“You know...my thought is if you wear your gear while you are hiking then the weight doesn't count. =o)”

“I think you are so right... ;)

Wish I would have time this weekend to pack my pack and go backpacking, but I can't.
Next weekend, that's what I'll do. I pack JMT style and see how it feels...”

“Hay Sandyann!
Duane”

“Found a great site..
www.geargrams.com/list?id=8263

well... I am not completely sure about all the gear I am using, but so far, so good. What I do know there is no way I have only 26lb pack weight.”

“:)”

“Geez... what are you doing? take a long vacation...and come with me... you know we would have so much fun on the trail...
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“I know, right? We always do. Crazy beeeeeshhessss.

Remember that time we did the Pine Barrens (ugh, so flat) in the middle of a 110 heat wave and we got lost with no water sources? Fun times.

Then we went in the river to cool off when we made it to camp and there were eels everywhere? HAHAHA

Or how about the time up in RI? Who ya gonna call???”

“All i have to say is...topless , blueberry beer, 17 degrees...brrrr

. Please continue to talk crap on the night crawler thread..
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“At first I thought you meant we were topless... but then I read the rest and realized you were talking about our great adventures. Man, those were the days.”

“Now I remember what Facebook is good for. (other then talking &@&!) I can write and edit trip reports... I guess Facebook will be my trail journal. I can copy later over to trail journal.

Was hoping my son would be able to hike the JMT with me this time, he really wanted to... Don't look like it will happen though :( I blame it on the broken mirror.”

“I wanted to say thank you to SandyAnn and SnowNymph. Resupply and shuttle are taken care of thanks to you. I am forever grateful to you guys.”

“ 31 MORE DAYS WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Over on Facebook, my non hiking friends already think I a nuts...

(and a lot of them dont understand the word WOOT)
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“Woooo hooooo!!!!!”

“Sux that this site is dead...”

“yeah I know what you mean Gem but its still got some good folks”

“it just sleeping, which way you heading north or south”