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

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Gary,

You’re right, that is a rewarding section, and I’ve hiked it several times
without the road-walk.  Given that, why do some people bypass it on the
highway?   It’s a figurative pain because the path has to go so high to get
above that steep ground above the tunnels.  For me, the last time through
there was literally a pain-in-the-ass because when I had lunch on top I sat
on a bee and got nailed.

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

-http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

-http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:05 AM, <gschenk1 at roadrunner.com> wrote:

>
> ---- CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:
> > I know people who thump their chest at having thru-hiked the PCT but
> freely
> > admit they took a road-walk along the Angeles Crest Highway and through
> the
> > tunnels to avoid that pain-in-the-ass hike up and across the skirts of
> Mount
> > Williamson.
>
> Ack! one of the prettiest sections of the trail, IMHO.
>
> Gary
>