Daily Miles: 0.0
Total Miles: 143.5
Zero Days for those who don't know mean days with 0 miles hiked. Usually they are spent resupplying, resting, and getting everything done that is needed to get back out on the trail.
First chore today was to go to the post office and get the 2 boxes I sent myself. The first contained my Bear Vault which is required to store food through this section, and the second had my ice axe which I might need at high altitudes if the snow is really heavy and sketchy. Both combined add about 5 pounds to my pack weight.
Next I was off to the grocery store for what I figured would be 6 days worth of food to get me 87 miles to Vermillion Valley Resort, where I could find enough food to make it 30 miles to Mammoth Lakes. On the way to the store I walked by a coffee shop, saw this and had to laugh.
After that I stopped by the outfitter and got a larger bag to go with my Sawyer Mini Filter and another fuel cannister. Because I have never used a jetboil before I had no clue how far one cannister would last, so I would carry two just in case.
I brought all that back to the hostel and dropped it off, then brought my laundry to the laundromat which was conveniently right next to the hostel. While the laundry was in I went back to the hostel and tried to fit all the food in my bear vault (barely made it) and put a bunch more stuff into my "bounce box." A bounce box is a box of stuff I usually only need in town along with replacement or extra gear that you mail to yourself from post office to post office on up the trail so it will always be there when you come into town. I also keep a spare set of "town clothes" in the box that way I can wash ALL my hiking clothes at once when I need to do wash.
After collecting my laundry it was back to the post office to mail out the bounce box and then I was basically done with my "chores." I then went back to the hostel and packed my bag most of the way so that I could get out quick in the morning.
I wanted to try to meet some of the hikers around me now so I went with a few of them for some food and cocktails. Wound up being kind of a late night (every night in town is late when your bedtime in the woods is 8:30). Didn't go to bed until around midnight, but if needed I could sleep a little more on the bus back to Bishop and Kearsarge Pass tomorrow morning. Tomorrow it is back to the Sierras. So psyched!!!
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