[pct-l] Thru-Hiking the PCT-L

[Len Glassner]

What does it take to successfully thru-hike the PCT-L?  Glad you asked.

First, let me posit criteria that define a successful PCT-L thru-hike:

1. Must subscribe for at least at least 150 consecutive days, or about
5 months.. The typical PCT-L hiking season is considered 11-1 of year
'n' to 4-1 of year 'n+1'. Some may consider speed-hiking in as little
as the month of April. But those adopting the latter approach must
read all posts that they missed, in the archive. And they get an
asterisk by their name in the record book.

(Section hiking, i.e. subscribing for a month here and there, is
certainly feasible, but considered to be of little note.)

2.  Must read ALL posts, individually.  NOTE: Subscription in digest
format does not qualify.  No spam-blocking or its equivalent allowed.
Go big or go home.

3. Must read all posts within 24 hours of initial posting.  Rule
suspended during PCT-L outages.  Exception: one day per week, one can
defer the reading of the posts for 24 hours.

4. All postings by the prospective PCT-L thru-hiker must reflect the
following attributes :

   1. Thoughtful.
   2. Coherent.
   3. Considerate.
   4.  Informative (information-laden).
   5.  Humble.
   6.  Literate-spell checked*
   7.  Concise.

*Spell-checking is suspended for the qualifier 'thru-'. It must resume
again immediately after the '-'.

Do you have what it takes to successfully thru-hike the PCT-L?

Al Hanoca
Failed JMT, PCT, and PCT-L Thru-Hiker