[pct-l] tips for someone just starting?

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If your near a Sierra Club Chapter that runs a wilderness basics course, I
recommend you spend the 100 bucks and take the course! you will get
invaluable information out of the 10 week "learn to backpack" course. I am
hiking the PCT for the first time, in fact, its my  first time in the sierra
nevada mountains. When I started to prepare for this adventure, I knew
nothing about backpacking. At one point I did a 5 day hike on the PCT just
to see if I really wanted to do it. I would have had more fun and been much
more prepared had I waited until AFTER this course to venture into the
wilderness alone. The information and the experiences of WBC have given me
an edge, one that I did not have before. I feel much more confident at this
point. I even made a bunch of gear changes as a result of taking the class.

Heres a link to the San Diego north county group: Wilderness
basics<http://sandiego.sierraclub.org/wbc/>




We just had our reunion at Foster Lodge in Mt. Laguna this weekend! Fun
Stuff! There were 86 people in the class, 23 met the requirements for
graduation. Pretty good I would say, considering the commitment that is
required!



On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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