Does anyone know if I need additional permits if I want to camp at Lone Pine Lake on my way down?
Your entry permit is all you need to camp at Lone Pine Lake.
Talking about smoking guns...
I looked for the above mentioned WAG bag discussion on FB, and couldn't find it.
But I
found this:Ryan Bieniek wrote: "Bob, I never had to use it, but my wife did. She found a nice hidden spot behind some boulders. And about a dozen WAG bags hiding too. Terrible."
Bob Shattuck wrote: "yeah, Whitney is pretty much pooed out--there are no secret "bet no one has ever climbed back into here" spots on the east side and if you're sitting around at Crabtree and bored as hell 'cause the views suck or something, go around and see how many rocks are flying the flag under 'em."
Rocks flying the flags to Garry Oye's legacy.
I talked to Seki ranger Rob at Crabtree two summers ago, and he said northbound hikers should bury their waste and not use a WAG bag, since there was no place to leave the bag until they exited many days north.
