[pct-l] Training for a thru hike

[Matt]

2009 will be my first long-distance hike, and as such I'm woefully
inexperienced, but one piece of realistic training which has helped in the
past: water.  Load your pack with water weight equivalent to what you think
you'll be carrying (or a bit more, if you're up to it) and hike with that.
When you are absolutely beat, exhausted, and burned out, you can simply dump
some water and continue on.  This way, if you are unable to finish your
hike, you don't need to worry about going back to find the weights you've
ditched.

Just a thought.

-Matt