Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board This time I got him . . . Thanks Doug!

I think I am retiring the JMT for a few years (I've been saying that since '96) so guess I'll have to start doing the MR (did it with Richard P's help in May?) in order to get my burger . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNDSl99hfNk

Thanks, Bob, for another fun JMT video. I enjoy your sense of humor and how you bring passing hikers into your video.

Your other video that I really enjoyed was the hike you brought a puppet along... 2005?

I'm not at 10 yet, so I'm not ready to say the "enough for a while" thing yet...I never get tired of that trail.

10 is where it starts to become your back yard and you can leave the maps at home. You'll be back only because you know you will have a great time up there, being a veteran JMTer.

And yes, you gotta end a proper JMT report with the mooseburger

Ah Rosabella! the puppet . . . Diablo . . . yes, that was a fun trip, due to my buddy's finicking with the camera and then there was that "prima donna" puppet, who kept screaming, " did you get my good side . . . not the mountain you fool, I am over here . . . " and other such things . . . maps we don't need no stinkin' maps (at least not after the 2nd or 3rd time . . .