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Bad Climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 19, 2014 - 04:30pm PT
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Topians:
My wife, our dog, and I will be cycling through JT, but our time frame looks like we'll have to camp on Dec. 31st and Jan. 1st--not good for getting access to sites. I figure the first night will be in the White Tank area, night two at Cottonwood to the south. Does JT provide Hiker/biker camping? I don't recall ever seeing it. We'll be moving slow on a tandem trike and loaded for bear, so blasting through in a day is not an option. Think we'll be able to find sites? We may have to beg and rely on the kindness of strangers. Ugh. Ideas welcome.
Hey, Locker: Are we gonna die?
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Banks
Trad climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:36pm PT
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My wife, our dog, and I will be cycling through JT
Pics of dog bicycling please!
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:38pm PT
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Rely on people at a campsite to park your bike at their site and then hike into the back country to camp
ohhh I didn't notice the dog. Dogs are highly discriminated against in the US National Park system, and it would be against the rules to have the dog in the backcountry.... In JT it is "no dogs further than 100 feet from paved roads.
You probably aren't gonna die but the chances of being tooled are high
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:40pm PT
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Aren't National Parks not very dog friendly?
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Bad Climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2014 - 05:07pm PT
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Yeah, Jim, you're right, but we're just cycling through. No need/desire to hike into back country, and we won't be climbing. This was a cycling tour.
We have a red one now, but this is our setup:
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Nov 19, 2014 - 05:13pm PT
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Wow , that is a rig !
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Nov 19, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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Why don't you get a Flintstone type trapdoor for the dog?
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Bad Climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2014 - 05:19pm PT
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The pup--Django--walks up any hill of consequence, you betcha. He can hike a 20 mile hill and beg for more.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Nov 19, 2014 - 05:22pm PT
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So put a harness on him and get him out front.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 19, 2014 - 06:47pm PT
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apogee
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Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Nov 19, 2014 - 06:50pm PT
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BAd, that rig is badass.
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Bad Climber
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2014 - 09:02pm PT
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Thanks, Apogee. It's a lot of fun--slower than a glacier going uphill when we go uphill--but fun. Comfortable, too, which is the main benefit. Going downhill, however, is a blast that is out of this world, your ass just inches off the ground. Without doggie, dropping down into Truckee from Lake Tahoe, we got up to 60 mph on this.
TGT--is that you on that 'bent? A very cool rig, that one.
@Toker: Once riding the American River bike path outside of Sacramento on a cross-state tour, he pulled us like crazy due to all the squirrel action off the trail. We had to reel him in and try to calm him down. We were worried about him hurting himself. He was pulling hundreds of pounds of stuff! What a nut.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Nov 19, 2014 - 09:13pm PT
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Since you do not have a car you could share a site with someone
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 09:27pm PT
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Ever notice how recumbent sound alluringly like recombinent? Weird lateral thinking...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 09:35pm PT
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Do I see a whip beside the pooch in the caboose?
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Bushman
Social climber
The island of Tristan da Cunha
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Nov 20, 2014 - 06:04am PT
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Didn't I see your contraption in a Dr Seuss book?
Maybe you have a puppy-pup-pup-puffy-ranger-danger-bamboozle-booze-boozler to sway the rangers with on that thing?
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Bad Climber
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 20, 2014 - 09:58am PT
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Thanks, Mr. Locker! I believe you are correct. Keep an eye out for us as we tool through your neck o' the woods.
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wheatBeer
Social climber
TheBronx
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Nov 20, 2014 - 01:02pm PT
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Why would you even want to blast through such an awesome place.
I have never had a hard time getting premium camping in JT during the winter. Believe it that it gets cold and even snows.
I would try to camp in every CG and enjoy it. Black Rock to Cottonwood!
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Nov 20, 2014 - 01:18pm PT
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One thing to consider:
There is no water (except at the east entrance, pay water dispenser, something like 50c for 5gal...can't recall, it's cheap).
So planning on multiple days, via bike, carrying enough water for 2+dog could be a concern. It might dictate your direction of travel through the park if nothing else.
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Bad Climber
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 20, 2014 - 05:07pm PT
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We've traversed the park before in this manner. Water up at the entrance, dry camp once, water available in Cottonwood. Works fine.
Re. JT generally: I've camped, climbed, hiked, backpacked that park for 30 years! This trip is cycling, and time/water constraints means we have to keep moving. My main concern was the popular Christmas to New Years window. I'm thinking White Tank is far enough from major climbing that we'll be okay. We'll beg some space if we have to, pay for the site, whatever.
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