Thanks for the add'l info. I don't think I'll make it this year, since I have a couple of other trips planned:
- Kearsarge->Portal in 5 weeks
- 4th of July car camping/dayhikes - sort of like what you're doing
- late July HST get together @ Wallace lake
- Oregon coast car trip in August
It probably will turn out better this way, since if I go in Aug during a 'normal' snow year, the water flow will be perfect and there shouldn't be any fire restrictions.
As far as stove, I have the esbit Caldera cone listed over here:
http://www.whitneyzone.com/wz/ubbthreads.php/topics/36555/Ultralight_Manifesto#Post36555The idea of not taking a stove would be in the spirit of needing to catch fish & cook over a fire each night.
