[pct-l] one step at a time, one section at a time, one state at a time

[Carl Siechert]

Not to diminish your accomplishment at all, but Central California is not a
state, is it? ;-)

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:19 AM, David Hough on pct-l <
pcnst2001 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I took my first step on the PCT in 1971, finished my first section in 2001,
> and finally finished my first state on Sunday at 2pm.   I walked down
> from Pinchot Pass to the junction to Taboose Pass, where I had bailed two
> weeks earlier to avoid the first really bad storm of the winter.
>
> At that point I finished Central California, and in fact all the trail
> from Mojave Narrows Dam to Grider Creek Campground, as well as all the
> PCT above 8700'.     It took eight years on a ten year program but now
> I am set to finish Northern California and Oregon next year by doing
> sections R and A, and I hope the San Bernardino Mountains (C) and
> central Washington (I) in 2010 on schedule.
>
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