[pct-l] Where you at?

[Craig Stanton]

I'm flying over from New Zealand next week for the trail. I did a 10 day hike around Mont Blanc back in 2003 and that made me think I could tackle something like the AT, but I heard about the PCT from a girl working as a hut warden in NZ (she did it in 2005 under the name of Gloves) and since I've already been to Yosemite a few times and liked the landscape I switched to that.

The European hike I did is called Tour Du Mont Blanc, really nice alpine scenery, little farms/villages to stay in though some people tent. 
http://craig.stanton.net.nz/photos/photoMachine.php?albumName=TMB2003.php

Then there's Jotunhiemen in Norway, awesome mountains, hardly anyone once you get out of day-tripper range. 
http://craig.stanton.net.nz/photos/photoMachine.php?albumName=Norway2003.php

 
On Wednesday, April 04, 2007, at 11:05AM, "Ben Gunderson" <gunderdawg at gmail.com> wrote:
>I got to thinking about how some of the posts on this forum come from
>all corners of the country, and in some cases, as far away as Europe.
>It seems like the majority of the PCT-l users are, as expected, from
>areas closer to the trail.  But nevertheless, support and love for
>trail are widespread and it always amazes me how focused and
>preoccupied some of us are for a trail so many miles away.  For me,
>coming from MI and only touching the surface of the trail on a work
>crew many summers ago, it's almost as if the trail is an idea, or a
>symbol of a lifestyle that attracts me, more so than the reality of a
>physical trail.  Just a little rant before I get to a question that's
>been on my mind..
>
>Is there, or rather, how many people on here are from the midwest or
>east coast?  Out of the countless people that i've talked to about my
>summer plans of thru-hiking the PCT, only a few have ever heard of it
>before.  (Don't worry, I am not advertising the PCT!!  If they don't
>know what it is then I pull a Peter Griffin and walk away, backwards,
>slowly, until i'm out of the scene.)
>
>I know of 3 other people from Michigan who are thru-hiking this
>summer- so including my brother and I, that makes 5 of us.  Not a bad
>showing from the Great Lakes State.
>
>I'm hoping that I can get a few responses from people who live
>furthest from the PCT- and i'm curious as to how they found out about
>it.
>
>Also, if anyone has any information on long trails in Europe,
>particularly the Alps, I would appreciate any information you have ( I
>know nothing about hiking in Europe.)
>
>
>Ben Gunderson
>
>ps I'm glad I didn't read any of the April Fools emails, what a
>debacle it looks like.
>
>
>
>-- 
>Ben Jackson Gunderson
>
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