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So, Doug, has the water been turned on at the Portal? Are you cooking?
I'll be up there starting Sunday, May 19th for a week.
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No water yet but working on it ,campground still closed
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Do you happen to you know when the campground will be opened and when there will be water there? I have a couple of very inexperience friends with permits for this Thursday. I tried to change their minds but they are going to try to summit regardless.
"Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles to watch you burn."
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Campground opened today .No water
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Well, at least the campground is open.
I was going to come up on Sunday, but it appears that rain is in the forecast. Then I see that Tuesday may be an issue also. Another Memorial Weekend....rain and snow?
Luckily, I have a campsite reserved starting Thursday so that may be the day I drive up.
I see that Horseshoe Meadows road is still closed, and last week there was still significant snow at Onion Valley.
Lone Pine Lake would be the only reasonable hike.
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Just received an email from Recreation.Gov regarding water at the Portal Campground.
".....There is a temporary water outage at Whitney Portal. Water will be provided in containers only. You may contact the facility for further information....."
I wonder what the problem is, and do they have a remedy?
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Snow is in the forecast for Whitney Portal on Saturday night and Sunday (May 18-19). The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 5
inches above 7000 feet and 5 to 10 inches above 9000 feet.
Winds gusting as high as 60 mph.
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Well Doug, I'll be heading up soon and am I not bringing any food for dinner or breakfast, hoping that you are cooking at the store. Yes?
Oh, I have a new book for you that I just purchased from Chessler Books. It's "Mount Whitney Guide For Hikers and Climbers." It's a first edition, 1990, by Paul Hellweg and Scott McDonald.
See you in a few days.
Oh, do you have the heat on in the store? I hear that it's been really cold up at the Portal.
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Water is on ,we will start cooking Sunday 9 AM .Paul glad we had time to chat ,I glanced over the book,recalled when it came out,the main book back then was Walt's. A. Book of one liners6 but covered Whitney very well.I knew Walt and during the winter stop by and chat,pick up books and tell sailor stories.
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Hey Paul I just talked to Earlene ,she recalled the Book and thinks it may have a first printing or we got a draft and the cover shot was reversed. Keller was on the North side of Whitney.
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