[pct-l] PCT thru timing for 2012

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

Hey, Jeff!

What speed do you have to hike to leave the Mexican border in June and make 
it to Canada before the early season snow storms? Are the water caches still 
stocked in June? What is the temperature through SoCal at that time?


"Just remember, Be Careful out there!"

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Olson" <jolson at olc.edu>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] PCT thru timing for 2012


> It is possible to leave Mexico in June and complete the trail before the
> snows hit in Washington.  Last year Hummingbird did it.  I was hiking
> around the 1000 mile mark along Falls Creek in 1994 and met a guy who
> read Jardine's book, got himself set up as Jardine recommended, and was
> passing hikers who had started six weeks before him.  Both were
> dedicated hikers.  Neither spent long jabbering...
>
> Neither of them were at all social.  They eschewed others actually.  It
> would take a pretty unique personality to find and maintain the
> motivation to finish in four months or less.
>
> Jeffrey Olson
> Santa Rosa, CA
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