[pct-l] Campo to Warner Springs

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

There's also no reason someone can't start in mid-late-May and skip a  
chunk in the middle to come back and do after reaching Canada, such  
as skipping the High Sierra or the San Gabriel/San Jacinto mountains  
and saving it for October. I would think starting in mid-May would  
give someone an advantage in not having to slow down for snow in  
California or dick around worrying about snow and high creek  
crossings and trying to find places to flip-flop all over the place  
like a lot of people do.

On Mar 30, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

>
> I believe your math is wrong. I actually reached the border in  
> 132 ? days
> after leaving Campo and that period divides into the ?official?  
> distance of
> 2650 miles to give an exact daily average of 20.0 (I?m an engineer and
> cannot help being so anal retentive - I actually beat the target I  
> set by
> two hours). That pace includes all of the zeros & neros I took. My  
> point
> about Dan?s late start is if he leaves on 26 May that is 17 days  
> later than
> I started. If he maintains my pace, then he?ll arrive on 5 Oct. As you
> pointed out, the risk of taking the hike into October is the  
> potential for
> big snow storms in Washington, but that is clearly the gamble he is  
> going to
> take.  If Dan can pull off 25 miles per day (including zeros, etc)  
> then
> he?ll get there in 106 days or  9 Sep. Personally, I think that is  
> a tough
> challenge for most people although quite possible. I met a guy on  
> day 3 who
> left Campo the day after me and was one of the first to arrive in  
> Canada in
> ?09. But I was giving him a 30 years advantage. Don?t get me wrong,  
> I know
> it?s not a race and we all should simply adopt our own individual  
> pace that
> is comfortable and minimizes injury risk. But I just don?t think  
> Dan has
> eliminated his chance of finishing with a late May start date based  
> on my
> trip stats (which I consider to be about average). Whether Dan can  
> match or
> even exceed that pace is for him to decide on his own.
>
>
>
> Peanut Eater