From left to right: John DeAguiar, Marshall Stowell, Hal Lonas, Paul Okolish, Tom Boldt, Gary Stowell. Missing is Kurt Kremer, the designated photographer for this shot.
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| The drive from San Diego to Lone Pine, plus consuming our
last restaurant meal, plus shuttling the cars between trail's end and the
trailhead, put us on the trail about 1:30PM. We started the drive
about 6:30AM this same day, Wednesday 11-Aug-99. Our plan was to
make the short hike 2.2 miles to Golden Trout camp for the first
night. ...However, the troop immediately demonstrated it's
navigational expertise by completely missing Golden Trout and not even
realizing its mistake until reaching the next trail junction where signs
confirmed the goof-up. We even argued with other hikers along the
way who apprised us of the error. No matter that they were already
staying at Golden Trout camp... we still failed to believe that we were
wrong. This is NOT the way to build confidence for the upcoming
off-trail, map and compass part of our trip.
From left to right: John DeAguiar, Marshall Stowell, Hal Lonas, Paul Okolish, Tom Boldt, Gary Stowell. Missing is Kurt Kremer, the designated photographer for this shot. |