Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Anyone out there from Bakersfield, CA?

Bakersfield seems to be sorely lacking in hikers, mountaineers, and climbers. I find this surprising since we have a population of over 300,000. Other than myself, I've met only one other person from here that hikes as much or more than I do. That would be Rick Kent. I manage to get out and hike between 15-25 times a year and as many of you know, Rick gets out every weekend. I would be interested in meeting others from Bakersfield that are interested in these activities. I do much of my hiking here in Kern county because of the close proximity, but I also travel to other areas when possible. If there is anyone else out there from Bako let me know so that perhaps we can join forces on the trails, or blaze our own.

Rafael...

Rick Kent should count as 5 hikers.

5????

ha funny

ok, maybe 4 ...

-Rick

Drop me a line on my email, I live here in Bakersfield and often looking for a partner, in fact was hoping to try a day hike up Whitney this Saturday! You know Ricks last name is Kent (could he be a relative of Clarks? perhaps Superhiker!)

The Outdoors Club lists 22 people in the area:
www.outdoorsclub.org

Charles Robert Shinn 52 Christi Voet-Zeman 55

Cynthia Gulk 45 dave seibt 28

jane matteucci 58 Janice Gillespie

Jill Christopher 46 jon rarrick 55

Kathleen Rush 39 Linda Reitz 59

Mark Smith 60 Matthew Irwin 31

matthew Irwin 31 Melissa 41

Mike Hayes 38 Pilar Manchon 34

Rick Kent 39 Ronald O. Bosch 42

Sam Wilson 36 Shelly Dee 44

Skip Jones 55 Wildflowers for you 31

Rafael: drop me an email at 078sch1@comcast.net. I used to live in Tehachapi but now live in Modesto. I just had foot surgery but maybe we can put something together in the spring. I have done Whitney 4x, White Mtn. 5x, Shasta 1x, Mt. Dana a bunch of times. Bob