[pct-l] thru hiking aussies and dubious posting success

[kylie skidmore]

thanks guys - very helpful suggestions. and yeh - despite the jokes i've
always considered kiwis close cousins.



2010/1/14 Craig Stanton <craigstanton at mac.com>

> Like Len says, I'm not an Aussie, but I think a Kiwi is just as much an
> outsider over there. You may also want to look up Ian Fraser. An actual
> aussie, that walked part of Japan in 2008 and the AT a few years before
> that. I think he's doing the PCT this year and has posted on this email list
> before. He'll be more use than I am on the intricacies of importing vegemite
> and walking in thongs :-)
>
> ~Sunwalker/Heaps '07
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM, kylie skidmore <kyliepete at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > i'm wondering if there are any aussies out there who have completed a
>> thru
>> > hike of the pct. i'm contemplating a 2011 attempt and am pretty keen to
>> chat
>> > to a local (aussie) about it...
>> >
>> Eh, well is New Zealand close enough :-) ?
>>
>> Rolling Thunder hiked in 2006 -
>> http://www.trailjournals.com/about.cfm?trailname=4272
>> Sunwalker in 2007 - pct2007.org
>>
>> Maybe those guys would know something useful.
>>
>