[pct-l] Starting Slow

[Will Hiltz]

Where'd you stay that first night, Diane?



Easy

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> Starting slow is much better than pushing yourself out the gate. Ease
> into it. There's plenty of time to get into trail condition.
>
> However, easing into it is hard to do on the PCT because of water.
> It's usually about 20 miles apart. So you end up going about 20 miles
> a day pretty early on.
>
> Still, you can spend the first few days easing into it. My first few
> days were thus:
> Day 1: 9 miles (camped well before Hauser Canyon.)
> Day 2: 10 miles
> Day 3: 13 miles
> Then I think I did about 15 miles or so per day to Warner Springs.
>
> Most people waste time not on easing into the hike but on zero days.
>
> Diane
>
> On Feb 4, 2010, at 5:44 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > The "fit for a thru-hike thread" made me wonder what the opinion
> > was on
> > starting with lower mileages.  I am starting after Kick-Off and my
> > plan is
> > just to carry a lot of water and go at my own pace.  It seemed like
> > from
> > previous threads that other hikers feel like they need to hike 20s
> > right out
> > of the gate.    I started off really slow when I did the AT (3
> > miles, 5
> > miles, 7 miles, 10 miles), and I found it helpful mentally and
> > physically.
> > It not that I  *can't *hike a 20 the first day I just don't really
> > *want*to.
>
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