[pct-l] the Solitude Log - anyone?

[Wallace, Mark S.]

I agree 100 percent.  Over the Memorial Day weekend I backpacked on the PCT from Cloudburst Summit to Wrightwood (about 36 miles).  The first day I saw 18 thru hikers, but no one else.  The second day, 9 or 10 thru hikers and a bunch of day hikers going up to Baden Powell, but no one else.  Third day, more thru hikers but no one else.  The bottom line is that if I hadn't been hiking in thru-hiking season I wouldn't have seen anyone except the Baden Powell day hikers  (and maybe not even them if it hadn't been the Memorial Day weekend).

Millions of people, but none of them on the trails.

Mark
   
-----Original Message-----
From: Donna "L-Rod" Saufley [mailto:dsaufley at sprynet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:53 AM
To: Wallace, Mark S.; Shauna; Brett
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; cdt-l at backcountry.net; Appalachian Trail
Subject: Re: [pct-l] the Solitude Log - anyone?


Funny you should say that . . . I've been in the San Gabriels in summer and have not seen a soul anywhere that requires effort to get to (meaning, you can't drive there and have to hike or bike in).  It's kind of unbelievable how many people live in L.A., yet how remarkably few of them are out on the trails.  

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Wallace, Mark S." <MWallace at Stutman.com>
>Sent: Jun 13, 2007 9:31 AM
>To: Shauna <csxii at schizoaffective.org>, Brett <blisterfree at yahoo.com>
>Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net, cdt-l at backcountry.net, Appalachian Trail <at-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] the Solitude Log - anyone?
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>You can also try hiking the Mohave portion of the Pacific Crest Trail (Agua Dulce to Tehachapi) in March or April.  My son and I did a three day backpack on that section of the trail this past April.  We didn't see a single hiker all three days.
>
>Mark Wallace
> 
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>[mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]On Behalf Of Shauna
>Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:30 AM
>To: Brett
>Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; cdt-l at backcountry.net; Appalachian Trail
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] the Solitude Log - anyone?
>
>
>On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:57:12 -0400, "Brett" <blisterfree at yahoo.com> had
>this to say:
>
>>And if anyone has suggestions for how to better define the 
>>terms "Solitude" and "Encounters" for the log, please do 
>>tell. Or maybe I'm way off base with the whole concept - I 
>>wanna hear about it!
>
>
>If you want solitude try hiking in the Quinault rainforest or the Staircase
>area of the Olypmics in December.   I rarely encounter another soul on the
>entire trail during a mid-week winter day hike around here.
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