[pct-l] March 2009 starts

[Robert W. Freed]

I started on 3/1 in 2005. At least I think it was '05. What a mistake, endless post holing and no trails. Of course that was the year the south got all the rain from Washington. I ended up flipping to Canada and going SoBo. I have started each year April/May since then. Perhaps that was just a bad year?

--- On Fri, 11/21/08, ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com> wrote:

From: ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] March 2009 starts
To: "Robert W. Freed" <robert at engravingpros.com>, mr_razorblade2003 at yahoo.co.uk, pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 7:00 PM

Please do not be afraid of a March start. I started the PCT and CDT on 3/14 
and 3/1 respectively, but, then, I like the snow and was ready for the cold 
and wet. My reasoning -
I'd rather deal with the snow early on than be stopped by it within days of

the border in October. If you are prepared for the conditions and have a 
schedule that can handle the time requirements, it was one beautiful way to 
go!

Mtnned
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert W. Freed" <robert at engravingpros.com>
To: <mr_razorblade2003 at yahoo.co.uk>; <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] March 2009


Early March is pushing the start time hard. You will be fine through section 
A. In fact it is a great time of year to hike section A. Plenty of good 
water, nice and cool in the desert. But that nice and cool turns to brutal 
cold real fast in the next section. Snow covered trails and dangerous ice in 
section B.


>Hi, was just wondering whether anyone else out there was thinking of 
>starting at Campo round early March '09??
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