[pct-l] Post

[Thelma Fredricksen]

I'll add to that--some big mountain experience. Don't know where you live,
but mix in some altitude with your training.
Thelma

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Nathan Miller <erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Also get some practice hiking over snow.  I got my butt kicked up there
> last weekend, but I learned while undergoing said butt-kicking.  If I were
> to go back up there to the same spot under the same conditions, I believe I
> could handle it--same with San Jacinto and Sierra snows (additional snow
> skills required, of course).
>
> In fact, get experience hiking under unfamiliar conditions, ESPECIALLY ones
> that may make you twitch:  twitchy stream crossings; long, hot waterless
> stretches; big grades up or down; rain; storms and threat of storms.
>
> -Nate the Trail Zombie
> Newberg, OR
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