[pct-l] tips for someone just starting?

[Ate Tuna]

Three things:

Get Trail Life by Ray Jardine.

Get involved on www.backpackinglight.com

Go hiking

The last is the most important since just handing you a gear list can be
dangerous.  You need to be able to use what you bring, and to know what not
to bring and why.

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Noel Jones <noelliepants at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I recently decided I want to do the PCT...yes all of it.
>
> Giving myself a year and a half/two years to get prepared for it.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what I'll want to bring?
> Is there a list somewhere of what you'll need with you?
> For those who have gone already what was the thing you couldn't have lived
> with
> out? What did you find to be a waste of space and weigh?
>
> ~Noel
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