[pct-l] to thru or not to thru...

[jomike at cot.net]

Nobody asked me, and I have never, and will never, thru hike the PCT, I'd still like to throw out my opinion. I did find in Webster's "through and through" means traveling to the destination without stops. And a definition of through to mean from "beginning to end", but no specific time line. Regardless, I personally still see a thru hike as one that begins and ends in the same time frame, i.e., spring into/thru fall. To say you have hiked the entire PCT, again in my opinion, regardless as to how long it took is a feat so large, so VERY few even within the family of hikers can say they accomplished it, is to be the envy of the rest of us. My point being a "thru hike" or "having hiked all the PCT", either way is an accomplishment you should hold your head up proud to admit to anyone.

are we there yet


...going to the mountains is going home.

John Muir