[pct-l] hiking california/oregon/washington coast

[evan battaglia]

Allison,
I don't know any of the details, but if you don't already know about it, you should check out this trail journal for what is being called the "American West Coast Trail":
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=2254
AFAIK, these are the first people to walk the entire US coast as a thru-hike. There also looks like there is a journal for an unfinished hike in 2005:
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=3737
HTH,
Evan

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Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 00:21:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Allison Mickey <somecallmeallie at yahoo.com>
Subject: [pct-l] hiking california/oregon/washington coast
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hello. im not quite sure how to use this, but here's my question.
throughout the summer of 2009 my buddy and i want to backpack the coast of california, oregon, and washington. we would be starting somewhere outside of san diego. any information on making this dream a success would be greatly appreciated.
my main questions:
-are these regions accessible to backpackers?
-what about the legal stuff? do we need permits?
-how would we train?
-cost estimation?
thanks so much,
allie

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