[pct-l] Chartering a bus

[blisterfree at isp01.net (Brett)]

> I've travelled in and out via both Mojave and Walker Pass. 
> You don't want to do Walker Pass if you can possibly help 
> it. Mojave is much easier and you wind up in the same 
> place - Bakersfield.


Walker Pass ain't all that tough a hitch, especially with 
the campground on site. Once in Onyx, it's a straightforward 
public ride down to Bakersfield.

Mojave, also a hitch from the PCT, would later on the flip 
side add a fair bit of additional desert ground to cover 
while walking south in the (drier and non-cache-supported) 
late summer and fall months.

Ideally, such a flip flop would end at Kennedy Meadows, 
since it's the "spiritual" end of the High Sierra and a 
relaxing spot to spend a day unwinding from the adventure. 
But from a logistical standpoint, in lieu of KM, I'd shoot 
for Walker Pass on the to and fro. And with the hike 
completed, I'd walk away from that pass (or hitch) in full 
confidence that it had been named in my honor.

Less expensive than chartering a bus might be to rent 
several "compact" vehicles, cram as many hikers into each, 
make haste northward, and then split the tab. And in any 
case I would cringe to ponder the gas tab after chartering a 
bus along the west coast, post $0.25 gas hike, and during 
the summer "driving season."

- blisterfree