[pct-l] PCT-L - Most Common Causes of Thru-Dropout

[Derek Fohs]

I start my second section from Scissor Crossing to Banner next month. My plan is to knock off 100-200 per year for the next 15 years. I'd say it allows me to pick the best time of year for each section. However I got dowsed hard for two nights on Mt Laguna last year. Thunderstorms over Anza Borrego were amazing. If successful, I will have had many years of PCT obsession.
 

> From: diane at santabarbarahikes.com
> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:48:28 -0700
> To: Tortoise73 at charter.net
> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] PCT-L - Most Common Causes of Thru-Dropout
> 
> I did my hike in two sections. I got two thru-hikes for the price of 
> one. Two big adventures. Two years I didn't have to clock in to the 
> cube farm. Not only that, but no matter how much I tried to convince 
> all the real thru-hikers that I wasn't a real thru hiker nobody would 
> ever believe me. I was a full-fledged member in good standing during 
> both trips. I loved every minute. Well, okay, not every minute, but I 
> look back on every minute fondly, even the minutes I hated.
> 
> Sigh...
> 
> The cube farm will always be waiting for you, too.
> 
> 
> On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Tortoise wrote:
> 
> > Who says you have to hike the entire trail in one year / one attempt.
> >
> > If you reach the goal you set for yourself you have succeeded. 
> > Screw the naysayers.
> >
> > Maybe this will be part of a multi-year plan to hike the entire 
> > trail. Maybe you just don't want to hike parts of the trail such as 
> > the dessert or heavily logged areas.
> >
> > Tortoise
> >
> > <> Because truth matters.<>
> >
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> >
> >> Thanks for posting this. It looks increasingly likely that I want 
> >> to take a
> >> job that starts August 15, 2012, most definitely cutting short any 
> >> attempt
> >> at a thru-hike. I have been starting to feel like I'm "failing" 
> >> before even
> >> beginning, and thinking that I shouldn't even start. Maybe I'll 
> >> only get
> >> through California next summer, but I that's ok. Thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> 
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