[pct-l] Hiking the PCT wihout a shelter?

[Freiman, Paul]

Last year I had to hike 45 miles of Section F during a rainstorm. My
bivy got soaked during an unexpected heavy, heavy rain and I hiked for
30 hours straight until I got to a road and an angel picked me up. Now
Capt Bivy uses a Shire Rainbow tent and I won't go on a trip without it.
Capt Bivy




Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:48:56 -0500
From: "Scott Polewach" <spolewach at hotmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Hiking the PCT wihout a shelter?
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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Many PCT thru-hikers said that they needed a shelter less than 10 times
on 
thier thru-hike.  how bad of an idea is it to attempt a thru-hike
without a 
shelter?  If it were raining, the shelterless hiker would probably have
to 
hike until it dried out, to keep body temperature up until the rain
stopped.


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