[pct-l] I hinted at this topic, hiking alone

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On May 4, 2009, at 6:28 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> How many days have you guys ever gone totally on your own hiking,  
> say without socializing in a common campsite in the evening, not  
> counting an occassional brief greeting on the trail?

On the PCT I don't think I ever went even one day without at least a  
brief greeting. I had only 2 nights in a campsite alone before  
Kennedy Meadows and then it was almost every night after that. I only  
went to Dunsmuir, so things may have gotten more solitary for me if I  
had made it further. Even so, I kept to myself mostly and so the  
experience was more solitary than sociable for me.

This year I may go 7 days straight on my own without seeing another  
person, but it won't be on the PCT.