[pct-l] The Difficulty with Section Hiking is finding a shuttle or a second car

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I'm going north from Independence to Dunsmuir in July (730 mi). I live in
Sacramento. I'll take Greyhound to Reno, then Eastern Transit Authority
Shuttle to Independence down 395. I'll get back home from Dunsmuir via
Amtrak. Very easy, convenient and pretty darn cheap. I could ask friends and
family to help, but it's a pretty major rt drive. I'm already pushing it
being gone about a month from raising the kids! Amtrak and Greyhound are a
cheap and flexible PCT resource. Anyway, that's my 2 cents.

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Dale Combs <comebackwalking at yahoo.com>wrote:

> My experience section hiking is that having a second car or someone to
> shuttle you back to your car is a big issue. Without a second car, your
> mileage gets cut in half as you do an out and back trip. On the AT you can
> pay someone about $100 and they will meet you at the endpoint and take you
> to the start so you can hike to your car. I wish the same type of thing
> existed for the PCT.
> I think the PCT would be better for section hiking if there were some way
> to coordinate transportation among section hikers or if there was a list of
> shuttle drivers in different areas like the AT.
> If someone is willing to help me out south of Walker Pass in exchange for a
> shuttle between Yosemite and Oregon border please contact me.
> Normally when I try to pitch someone on a PCT backpacking trip that
> involves either driving separately or hiking separately I get met with
> silence.
>
> If you have helpful suggestions please contact me.
>
> Comfy
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