While you are at field camp, your friends and loved ones can stay in touch most efficiently via the US Postal Service, using the following address:
General Delivery
c/o UC Santa Cruz Geology Field Camp
Big Pine, CA 93513
Our cooks will pick up and drop off mail daily.
Unfortunately, cell phones do not work at the top of Westgard Pass, however you can use cell phones in most parts of the Owens Valley, so you can stay in touch via cell during 188B and on days off. Important numbers for other times are as follows:
Camp satellite phone (Casey/Hilde will check messages each afternoon) – For important messages or emergencies only: Number TBA
Hilde’s cell phone (Hilde will check when she can) – For important messages only (not recommended for emergencies except as backup): 831-345-6201
White Mountain Research Station (Bishop) – For DIRE EMERGENCIES ONLY (they will have to drive up the pass to find us): 760-873-4344