[pct-l] It's All in the Timing huh?

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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:48:56 -0700, Jon Akerman <jonakerman at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> ... when I first noticed the thru-hikers typical miles per day
> (20, right?), I thought that was a little much for me (because I'd
> really, really like to take my time in this thing, and I'm not an pro
> backpacker). ...


When I first started the JMT I thought I'd be lucky to be doing 10 miles a  
day, and I was.  Partly it was conditioning, partly it was the elevation,  
partly it was stop and smell the roses.  Within a matter of days, though,  
I was rolling out 15 mile days and STILL feeling I'd seen what I had  
wanted to see, smelled what I wanted to smell (and me besides), lazed the  
way I wanted to laze, and so on.

That said, how rustic do you want to spend your winters?  And who are you  
hiding from?



-- 
Jeffrey "57" Zimmerman
Sonoma County
The Left Coast