[pct-l] Water Caches south of Kennedy Meadows

[matt at mattmaxon.com (matt maxon)]

Natual Water Sources

It's been my observation that the natural water sources, in the Angeles
National Forest have finally started to dry up, over the last 2-3 weeks.

Cheers
Trail90


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gustafson" <jgus@sunbow.org>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:37 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Water Caches south of Kennedy Meadows


> I talked by phone with Stick Girl and Little Bump last night (they were in
> Mammoth to resupply).  I will be seeing them on Sunday night (9/16) near
> Bullfrog Lake, when I go in over Kearsarge to say hi and bring a resupply
to
> them sufficient to get them up Whitney and then to Kennedy Meadows.  They
> are southbound hikers, and plan to head south from Kennedy Meadows clear
to
> the Mexican border, arriving sometime in October.  Little Bump told me
they
> are pretty much at the head of the SOBO pack, with somewhere between one
and
> two dozen SOBO's behind them, maybe one or two ahead (including Teflon,
Tom,
> One Gallon, Nickel, Splash, Koala and Wolf, maybe Billygoat).  Apparently,
> all of them are seeking info re water availability in Southern California.
> I offered to contact the list (all of you folks) to glean info about water
> caches and more importantly, water cachers, so they would have an idea
what
> lay ahead of them regarding water.  All are willing to carry whatever
water
> is necessary to make it on their own; however, if any caches will have
water
> in them "just in case" they would love to know about it.  Whatever
> information is returned to me through the list by Saturday morning, I can
> bring to Little Bump and Stick Girl, and they will post that information
at
> Kennedy Meadows for the others.  So ... what do you know and when did you
> know it?  :-)
>
> I realize this subject has been on the list before but I have been up in
> Oregon hiking recently (which is where I met these two hikers), and also
in
> Yosemite for a few days, so I didn't pay attention then.  Any help you can
> provide will be greatly appreciated.  Can anyone provide me with the
> Andersons' email address or phone number?  I already know how to contact
> Donna S. and Ziggy and the Bear.  Could someone give me AsaBat's water
> website address?  I appreciate your help, and apologize for not gleaning
> this info on my own.  My computer with all my trail info is in the repair
> shop, and I am now using a friend's computer to access my email account on
> the web.
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Two Legs
>
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