[pct-l] Southbound Questions

[Austin Williams]

I did exactly that, and I had a good time.  I'm just saying that - having
hiked the extra 35 or so miles to the border and back - I can say that if I
*hadn't* hiked them, my summer wouldn't have been any less awesome.  The
section is cool, and seeing the monument is awesome... but *not seeing it*
wouldn't have made my hike any less of a feat (IMO).

But I suppose if one is more in love the *idea* of a thruhike ... then
they'd be disapointed with anything less than hiking every last inch of the
trail.  To each their own.

I say HYOH.  If you need to hike every last mile of the trial to be happy,
then hike every last mile of the trail.

I think 35 miles - in the scope of a 2,650 mile-long trail, is
insignificant.  Someone who hikes from Mexico to Harts Pass and goes home
has thruhiked the PCT in my opinion.

:)




On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM, linsey <mowoggirl at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Austin wrote..."Seriously though, it's not any smaller of a feat - nor
> would you have any
> less of an adventure - if you started at Hart's Pass and hiked to Mexico.
> 50 miles won't take anything away from the remaining 2,600.  Just my 2
> cents."
>
> Forgive me but I couldn't disagree more.  First, it is more like 35 miles
> (not 50) from Hart's Pass to the Canadian border.  It's very doable to get a
> ride to Hart's Pass, hike North for 35 miles, touch the border and begin.
>  What's two more days when the alternative means turning ones thru hike
> attempt into a giant section hike from day one. Personally, I would not want
> to miss any of this beautiful section.
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Austin Williams
PlanYourHike.com

"The mountains are calling and I must go."   -John Muir