[pct-l] Desert Night hiking.

[Nathaniel Morse]

good to know. :) thanks.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Gary Wright <gwtmp01 at mac.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 7, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Nathaniel Morse wrote:
>
> > Thoughts about hiking in the desert at night?.... Is it safe?
> Recommended?
> > Or not...? I've heard that it can get pretty hot and nasty from 11 til
> 5...
> > so what about starting early, 5am and hiking til 11, sleeping, and then
> > hiking from 5 til 1 am.... good idea? or not?
>
> I don't think it is any more dangerous than hiking during the day and it is
> probably less dangerous than trying to hike through the heat of the day.
>  That being said I think that it isn't necessary to hike "all night".  If
> you get up early, rest during the heat of the day, and hike for 4-5 hours
> towards the end of the day it isn't too hard to get in 10-11 hours of
> hiking.
>
> I do find Joshua trees to be much more creepy at night than during the day
> though :-)  In 2007 I hiked from Kelso Valley Road to the trail junction
> leading to Willow Spring in the late afternoon and into the evening.  It
> happened to be pretty close to a full moon and while hiking directly into
> the rising moon I had to keep my hat on and my head down to avoid being
> blinded by the glare of the full moon.  A unique and memorable experience.
>
> Radar




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