A Yosemite Post Office Helps California Hikers

July 17, 2015 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS13) — A small post office deep in the Yosemite takes in more than 100 packages a day, stacked from floor to ceiling.

The sun came up three hours ago, but some Yosemite hikers have been waiting longer than that.

“That five or six pounds can make all the difference in the world,” said Sharon Young.

They’re waiting on packages that mostly contain the same necessity—food.

Hikers wait for this man to give it to them. The Jazz playlist sets the mood for Michael Kochakji.

“It calms everybody down,” he said.

The phone rings a lot at the Tuolumne Meadows Post Office, which is run by two guys in a room that is too small to be an office. It’s so small and far away, they’re still waiting on new stamps.

Yet, the small post office takes in more than 100 packages a day. So far this summer, it’s received 3,000 boxes, all for extreme hikers. The considerable increase of packages at the post office has everything to do with the growing popularity of two trails out here in Yosemite.

The self-named Post Maestro and Junior give out packages on the hour.

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