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Anyone traveling from or near the Bay Area? I am not yet sure I can make it, but if I do, that's where I'll be coming from...
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I would really like to join this hike, but am a little apprehensive as to what it takes so i do not hold the group back with my pace. I hiked Mt.Whitney for the first time on Aug 1st and am hooked now.(backpacked on the maintrail).
Anyone from LA heading up and doesnt mind giving me a ride?
thanks
-karthik
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I would really like to join this hike, but am a little apprehensive as to what it takes so i do not hold the group back with my pace. I hiked Mt.Whitney for the first time on Aug 1st and am hooked now.(backpacked on the maintrail).
Anyone from LA heading up and doesnt mind giving me a ride?
thanks
-karthik
Is there any part of the Whitney hike that bothered you. How was your pace for Whintey. If you had no trouble on the Whitney hike, then I assume you will do fine with at least one of the Thor hike options.
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Tom,
Please add 2 names to the list. John h.- john, and ocns2mts - johnny. We will be coming up from san diego county. Thanks and looking forward to it.
southside johnny
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Destination: Thor Peak
Date: Saturday October 17,2009
Time to get your reservations in now
Separate thread now up for potluck / festivities
Who's going:
Tomcat_rc - Tom
- Lisa
RichardP - Richard
GigaMike - Mike
HypoxicZombie - Arthur
Brent - Brent
JamesL - James
DobeMom - Kristine
Jeff Schofield - Jeff
Rosabella - Rosie
Hedgehog - Doug forbes
ElMicheal - Michael
Tony B.
Adam S.
Moondust - Alice
M.C. Reinhardt - MC (tentative but hopeful)
Karen R. - Karen
AreteJoe - Joe
Simon
Sierragator - Jim
M. Mouse - Ava
markjwpcp - Mark
SanDi Carole - Carole
Graham - Rick
NormaR - Norma
Ranboze - Robin
Ridgeline - Dave
Trailbud - Doug
John H. - John
ocns2mts - Johnny
Jeff_M - Jeff
I will add names list with confirmation now that date is set
Also - need to know who is going to be in town Friday.
Need to be able to pick up permits for our groups.
Richard has already stated he will be up Friday and can pick up permits for at least partial of the group.
Attention !!!!!
Need volunteer(s) to lead group.
Group sizes are limited by regulations to no more than 15 - so we definately need someone to lead up a route. This can be a alternate route or just an alternate start time.
The plan is for all groups to meet on the summit at 1pm.
Group leaders should be familiar with the route they lead as well as approximate allowable hike times.
I will be starting a group via the Smiley Face route at 7am. This will be a relaxed pace group. Allowing 6 hours to reach the summit should make for a comfortable pace. I will be hiking with my Rhino Garmin as well - so anyone bringing radios will be able to stay in contact(monitoring channel 7.0)
1 month to go - anticipating a fun day !!!
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Count me in. I don't mind taking a group up the SE Couloir (then down to LBSL/NF).
Could see some interesting weather; I'll head up regardless, so plan accordingly.
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Jeff -
Thanks for the feedback - I was hoping to hear back from you.
2 years ago had a little bit of snow - October can bring quite the variety.
It will be hard to chose up groups ahead of time before we all meet. The leaders may already have an idea of some of those who will be in their groups.
I think the best thing to do is all meet at the Hostel Saturday morning and set the plan in motion. Leaders will describe routes, expected hike times and related. Remember the idea is to reach summit around 1pm.
The Stemwinder people obviously are exempt from this as they will already have their group chosen pre-hike and known start time, etc.
Plans are shaping up as time gets closer.
Thanks - Tom
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Tom,
No problem. The '07 hike was a lot of fun (schedules clashed for '08, unfortunately).
Yeah, October is always a crap-shoot for weather. (It really dumped on me in '05; summer weather other years; rain on others.) I just wanted to underscore the "preparedness" aspect for those that might be lulled into a false sense of security by the t-shirt weather of the last two group hikes. But, we'll sort out the particulars Saturday morning. Looking forward to it.
Cheers,
Jeff
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Tom:
I plan to be up on Friday so I can pick up some permits. I'll PM you.
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Jack and I plan to be there that weekend. I would love to join the hike, while Jack will be going up Whitney. We will be staying at the Hostel. Please count me in!
Betsy
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Destination: Thor Peak
Date: Saturday October 17,2009
Time to get your reservations in now
Separate thread now up for potluck / festivities
Who's going:
Tomcat_rc - Tom
- Lisa
RichardP - Richard
GigaMike - Mike
HypoxicZombie - Arthur
Brent - Brent
JamesL - James
DobeMom - Kristine
Jeff Schofield - Jeff
Rosabella - Rosie
Hedgehog - Doug forbes
ElMicheal - Michael
Tony B.
Adam S.
Moondust - Alice
M.C. Reinhardt - MC (tentative but hopeful)
Karen R. - Karen
AreteJoe - Joe
Simon
Sierragator - Jim
M. Mouse - Ava
markjwpcp - Mark
SanDi Carole - Carole
Graham - Rick
NormaR - Norma
Ranboze - Robin
Ridgeline - Dave
Trailbud - Doug
John H. - John
ocns2mts - Johnny
Jeff_M - Jeff
Wtny n1 - Betsy
I will add names list with confirmation now that date is set
Also - need to know who is going to be in town Friday.
Need to be able to pick up permits for our groups.
Richard has already stated he will be up Friday and can pick up permits for at least partial of the group.
Attention !!!!!
Need volunteer(s) to lead group.
Group sizes are limited by regulations to no more than 15 - so we definately need someone to lead up a route. This can be a alternate route or just an alternate start time.
The plan is for all groups to meet on the summit at 1pm.
Group leaders should be familiar with the route they lead as well as approximate allowable hike times.
I will be starting a group via the Smiley Face route at 7am. This will be a relaxed pace group. Allowing 6 hours to reach the summit should make for a comfortable pace. I will be hiking with my Rhino Garmin as well - so anyone bringing radios will be able to stay in contact(monitoring channel 7.0)
1 month to go - anticipating a fun day !!!
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view from the smile 10-14-2007(first early snow of the season)  view of the smile one month later  more photos from album
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[quote]I was thinking in terms of getting Rick Graham to lead a small group of us up Stemwinder, but if that doesn't work out, I'd be more than happy to lead a group up. If it's going to be one of the loose routes though, I'd prefer the Mirror Lake Route. (This only requires a few Class 3 moves to get it done.)
Jeff M also stated that he'd be interested in leading a group. I'm interested in doing the Stemwinder route, any updates on who might lead the group and possible start time ? What type of prerequisites / experiences needed for this route ?
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I would suggest sending a pm to Dave G. or Graham.
I do know we have a volunteer to lead one of the class III routes from Girl Scout Lake also.
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Hey Tomcat-
Please sign me up for the Thor hike.
Thanks,
James
also, I am expecting to arrive friday morning around 9, so if you need a leader (on paper), I can pick up permits for a group of 15, though I am not familiar with any of the routes and probably shouldn't actually lead anything...
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Destination: Thor Peak
Date: Saturday October 17,2009
Time to get your reservations in now
Separate thread now up for potluck / festivities
Who's going:
Tomcat_rc - Tom
- Lisa
RichardP - Richard
GigaMike - Mike
HypoxicZombie - Arthur
Brent - Brent
JamesL - James
DobeMom - Kristine
Jeff Schofield - Jeff
Rosabella - Rosie
Hedgehog - Doug forbes
ElMicheal - Michael
Tony B.
Adam S.
Moondust - Alice
M.C. Reinhardt - MC (tentative but hopeful)
Karen R. - Karen
AreteJoe - Joe
Simon
Sierragator - Jim
M. Mouse - Ava
markjwpcp - Mark
SanDi Carole - Carole
Graham - Rick
NormaR - Norma
Ranboze - Robin
Ridgeline - Dave
Trailbud - Doug
John H. - John
ocns2mts - Johnny
Jeff_M - Jeff
Wtny n1 - Betsy
Trucker - James
White Tundra - Scott
Temperatures dropped significantly this week.
No longer just shorts and t-shirts weather. I think I even saw a slight chance of snow for Sunday pm on Whitney.
2 weeks to go - looking forward to this event.
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Hi All.
I finally got that weekend scheduled off work, so I am IN for the group hike.
I'll be driving up from the Disneyland area, and may have room for another rider. PM me if you may want to carpool.
I'll add my food contribution to the other thread about culinary offerings.
Scott McCay
White Tundra
It's what I drive,
not where I live.
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I think I have cleared up my issues on the 16th, so...
SIGN ME UP!
Mark
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Tom, go ahead and put me and Bob Huey on the list (both for Stem).
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