[pct-l] Time line......

[Andrea Dinsmore]

Oh Lord......I wasn't asking for me. It was a topic that has come up around
here over the years of chatting with hikers. Our first SOBO this year
brought it up again. He started June 26th from Manning Park. (Didn't see any
cops) He's going to be bouncing around to try and miss most of the snow. We
discussed him doing the southern part of the trail starting next May and
going north to finish before June 26th, 2012. Is that acceptable in the
hiker world ?

PCT MOM
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:11 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Good evening, 'MOM,
>
> Official rules don’t exist.  It is generally understood that a “thru hike”
> is the completion of the trail, more-or-less continuously, within one
> calendar year because that’s the way it’s done in 99.9% of the instances,
> i.e. NoBo’s start in late spring and finish the following autumn, and SoBo’s
> begin in June – depending upon the snow -- and finish in November.  Within
> that profile there can be skip-arounds, flip-flops, etc. to book all the
> miles.
>
> I suppose there could be an instance where someone managed to complete the
> hike by spanning the turn of the year, but in practice that would probably
> be back-to-back section hikes.  However again, official rules don’t exist.
>
> Neither PCTA for their award medallion, nor ALDHA-West for the Triple Crown
> award, specify how long a hiker may/must take to complete the hike(s).  A
> complete set of section hikes spanning 20+ years qualifies.
>
> So... relax and start hiking.  By the time you're my age you will have had
> plenty of time to complete the trail.
>
>  Steel-Eye
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> -http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> -http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com>wrote:
>
>> On 7/22/2011 6:35 PM, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:
>> > Good afternoon, 'MOM,
>> >
>> > Best guess -- beginning late April, add 150 days.  Let the arguments
>> > begin...
>>
>>
>> Well, I was going to say 5 months. A little more if the weather
>> cooperates.
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