[pct-l] 90 day section hike.

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

Ate Tuna!

Great response and advice! And that's exactly how it happens. The best 
case-in-point concerns Sonora Pass's snow field, north side, pretty good 
descent. This area holds its snow until fairly late in the thru hiking 
season, so by the time most thrus get there, they have already sent their 
microspikes and axes home (like from Red's Meadow). Unfortunately, some have 
suffered falls and injury because of it.

Our advice would be to carry both from Kennedy Meadows-south to Kennedy 
Meadows-north.


"Just remember, Be Careful out there!"

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ate Tuna" <atetuna at gmail.com>
To: "Khalidur Rahman" <khalidur at gmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] 90 day section hike.


> You don't need an ice axe.  Until you do.
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Khalidur Rahman <khalidur at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, made a thread on whiteblaze but thought I'd try here also.
>>
>> Doing a 90 day section, landing in LA June 1st.
>>
>> Start in Campo, putting me at KM late june. I have no mountaineering
>> experience or an ice axe, will I actually need it? a reply to the thread 
>> on
>> whiteblaze says yes, but I just wanted to know if this is a knee-jerk
>> reaction to 'record snows' or a valid concern?
>>
>> Alternatively, I have experience hiking in hot summers in Bangladesh and
>> Nepal (day hikes, but I didn't know I was hiking...I thought I was just
>> going for a walk in my back yard!), should I start at Campo and head as 
>> far
>> north as possible? I have 90 days until Aug 29th, so I know I probably
>> won't
>> compelte a thru. Downsides to this are dried up water sources, and not
>> being
>> with the pack (in my mind this is a positive but I might regret it after 
>> a
>> few weeks of isolation).
>>
>> Thanks.
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