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Looks like it will happen on 21 May 2017...

Hightinerary,

Thanks for sharing this useful information. Please post if the date changes. We are currently making plans for next spring/summer at Mt Whitney/ Highest Sierras.

The Climb for Heroes date has been pushed back from recent years. Perhaps this reflects that Mt Baldy is actually having a real winter(so far).

Have a great 2017!

Jim

There's plenty of time for either Jack or Betsy to become injured and unable to participate. It's Jack's turn, but one never knows with this krazy kouple...

Tim keeps dropping hints about the event so the front loading has started . I put a message on Facebook several weeks ago also . Thanks for starting this thread . May 21 should make for dry trail and warm weather so this change should bring out more people. We have had great support the last 4 years and let's see if we can keep up with RWB! this season. They always jump ahead the last few days Always for a good cause and this year we can support a young lady the is doing great things after her service.


Jack will be retired and now trained on tirechain installs , He may head to Mammoth and set up shop along 203 or apply for the Pilot Car Job on the Portal Road next year.


Help get the word out so we can be ready when the signup opens


Thanks all for your years of support!!

WOW May 21, We may still need snow shoes and chains ( as Doug noted I was well trained) If this weather keeps up. Driving the pilot car at 22 mph on the portal road is a very important job and I wouldn't want to get lost like last year.

Looking forward to the hike and so far both Betsy and I are heathy enough to go, but May is still a long way away.

I'm looking forward to retirement and becoming the HEAD cashier at the store!!!!

Be safe and stay dry

Still Crazy

Hi sign up opened today!!!! same as last year on crowdwise wpsmb was open when I logged so you may still be in the system If I recall the password was 14508 . Hey Thanks in advance for joining again this year. I will move this up with rock work updates so will stay near the top

Becoming a partner of/or joining as a member of the Whitney Portal Message Board Group for the Climb For Heroes on May 21st, 2017

If you are looking to get on our team and/or are making a donation in the name of our team and you are going into the Heroes Project website go to:

http://theheroesproject.org/

Click on the heading “Take Action” under that tab is “Events and Fundraisers”

Click on that which will open up another tap showing the Baldy Hike Event.

Click on the bottom of the page where it says RIGISTER NOW
Then on the upper right hand side there’s a box labeled Register to Climb, click that.

That will open up the registration page and will show that the box “Sign me up to climb” already has the box checked, so click on the “red box” below that that says Next Step click that.

Then click Join a Team, from there you will be given a drop down box, we are way at the bottom listed as wpmsb click on that.

Click on next step and it will bring up all the boxes for you to fill in your information to participate, then check the box at the bottom to sign the waiver. Click Next Step again and make sure all your information is correct.

From there it will bring up Go to my Fund Raising Page
From there it will walk you through on how to donate.

To just donate and have it show up as part of Doug’s Team go here:

https://www.crowdrise.com/wpsmb/fundraiser/dougthompson1

This will open up directly to Doug’s registration page, since he’s the organizer of our team just make the donation under him, doesn’t matter if you know or are a friend of one of the rest of us, it goes as a total for the team – if you feel the need to put it under one of the other team members all you have to do it go to the bottom where all the pictures of each team members are and click either the face or the name it will then pull up that team members information and on the right side you can click “donate”

From there it will direct you to another page that will still ask you which team member to choose to make the donation under, follow the prompts from there and it will ask for Pay Pal, Debit Card or credit card after you click on the Donate button at the bottom.

See everyone there.

Lilbitmo aka Patrick T, that’s me

Hey Patrick - Just saw this, and since I'll be in SoCal around that time and planned to hike either Baldy or San Jacinto before traveling north, it now looks like I'll see you, Doug and others there. Looking forward to it.

Yo Patrick and Doug,

3 questions:

#1 WPSMB Needs a pic on the event
#2 Doug are you going to be able to join the festivities this year in Yorba Linda?
#3 Patrick you know what I want to ask!

yeti

Hey Jeff I will try to find a summit photo of the group last year and add that . on the second question Doug ,Cayden and Jack and Betsy stay with us the night before and I have stayed in Lone Pine also and drove down in the AM , so 2 months away I never know the the who what where or when? Earlene and I would like to make your party but don't want to commit and then not show up.
Question 3 this is public knowledge. OK James it has no hidden meaning just pushing Jeffs button.

James? Um, I'm in the dark but that's fine, I like it here.

Once again, I think I'm registered this time

Hi Mike,
I couldn't register this year again because someone else is using my email address. It is strange!!
I donated money last year but my name wasn't on the climbers list.

Hope to be an official climber this year.

Looking forward to seeing you Shin!

Hi BiletChick,
Looking forward to seeing you this Sunday with many old friends from WPSMB.
There are 7 more days to raise more money for veterans.
See you.

OK so like Shin posted we are on the last week now so please sign up, we have two events The Hero's Hike on Sunday and The Memorial for Tracie on Saturday,

We will meet at Manaker Flat 7:00 AM Saturday Morning a Hike to the Ski Hut and have time to share time and a light lunch we each bring.

Thank you again for joining these events.

I will print shirts for the Hero's Hike so please sign in the next few day so I can get your name on the shirts.

Donated and signed up, hopefully I'm on the WPSMB team. See everyone Sunday, won't be able to make Tracies Memorial, she will always be on the path we're taking.

We had a great day.

https://goo.gl/photos/cH8mGZN3uowx9p8v8

Thanks Shin for the great pictures, you truly captured the day. Fun to see everybody and keep going strong.

Looking forward to a fun summer at the Portals.

Your cardboard man a soon to be Head Cashier at the Portal Store.

Crazy Jack

I don't think you can handle both cardboard duty and cashier duty. You'll have to choose one or the other.