[pct-l] Virtual through-hike?

[Jason Moores]

I'll take the, "resupplies, mosquitoes, sunburn, dehydration, suncups,
dangerous stream crossings, hypothermia, rattlesnakes, bear cans, blisters"
any day.

Jackass



On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Nathan Miller <erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I just saw a TV advertisement for a new Nordic Trak machine that lets you
> upload terrain from anywhere in the world using GoogleMaps.  It then adjusts
> the pitch and resistance as you walk to simulate the route.  It dawned on me
> that one could upload the PCT to this machine, don one's pack, and then
> proceed to undertake a virtual through-hike!  That way, you can still hike
> the trail--sort of--without having to take time out of your life, deal with
> resupplies, mosquitoes, sunburn, dehydration, suncups, dangerous stream
> crossings, hypothermia, rattlesnakes, bear cans, blisters....
>
> -Nate the Trail Zombie
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