[pct-l] Saw a scary picture... Need some reassurance...

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Rebekah,

The trail is described here:
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=167122  I don’t know of any part
of the PCT that’s like what you see in your photo.  Remember, the PCT was
designed and built to standards that allow passage by loaded pack and saddle
animals.



People take photos everywhere, particularly in places that are unique and
out-of-profile, which would be the case here.



Enjoy your planning,



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09


On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Rebekah David <rebekahedavid at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've been walking 12 miles a day and hiking on the weekends for the past
> several months to get in shape since I made my decision to thru hike the
> PCT
> in 2011...
>
> I just came across THIS PICTURE (enlarge to X3 to see detail)
> <http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/1700891#83684682_g5HZr-A-LB>and I sorta
> panicked...  I broke both my ankles (yes, at the same time) a couple years
> ago and tore my ACL a couple years before THAT... (I know, I know... I
> might
> just be too much of a clutz to safely enter the wilderness) While those
> injuries have healed, I still have trouble with that knee from time to time
> and my ankles will always roll. Until I saw that picture, it hadn't really
> occurred to me that I would be physically unable to complete the PCT. I
> assumed that it would be challenging and require a lot of stamina, but in
> all the journals I've read I haven't imagined anything like this...
>
> Is this from the actual trail? Or is this photo from a side trip they took?
> (That photo is from the purebound.com guy's pct thru hike in '06) Do I
> need
> to rethink my summer plans for next year? I am prepared to deal with
> treacherous water crossings, I can scoot over a log and maneuver slippery
> rocks with the aide of my trekking poles, and I plan to learn to use an ice
> ax this winter, but if there are long sections (like more than 50' at a
> time
> or so) of trail like this photo, I have to admit that is beyond my
> capabilities...
>
> Thanks!
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