[pct-l] Hiker Hosting in San Diego

[Robert E. Riess]

I am very sad as I announce I will not be able to host hikers this year.  I have had a grand time hosting the 500 or so hikers who have become friends staying with me and getting a good start at the trailhead monument.  I will truly miss the enjoyment of hosting, the excitement of meeting new friends and the satisfaction of seeing them off at 5:45am.  I will not miss the abject fear of driving highway 94 in the dark and fog.  Ask anyone who has ridden with me.  If you were planning on staying with me this year, I can assure you the San Diego hiker hosting community is more than willing and able to take up any slack left to them by me.  There are any number of cordial hiker hosts who do a far far better job of taking care of hikers than I ever did.  They are easy to find, and since I lack their permission to post their email addresses, I will have to leave the hikers on their own to find their trail hosts, which is just part of the PCT experience.

Good luck and happy trails to the class of 2010.  Bob Riess at the Trailhead in San Diego.