[pct-l] June start

[Jeffrey Olson]

Have you ever hiked in 90 to 100 degree heat, where even with an 
umbrella you can feel the waves of heat radiating from the ground, where 
the breeze dries the sweat before you feel it, where your body slowly 
heats up until you start feeling a little panicky?  You look around for 
shade and there are only mesquite and saguaro or cholla?  You know you 
need to cool down but don't know how y ou're going to do it.  Your heart 
beats faster but it doesn't help.  The panic grows and you can feel your 
rationality slip away.

It's as bad as being seriously hypothermic

Jeff...

On 1/22/2012 12:31 PM, Seth Jacobs wrote:
> I'm going to hike the first 200 miles of the PCT this year, starting in
> Campo.  I ran into a scheduling conflict so I won't be able to start until
> the first week of June.  Otherwise I'd have to start first 2 weeks of
> April. Is starting in June a deal breaker, even if all I'm hiking is the
> first two sections? I know I'll have to carry quite a bit of water.
>
> Seth
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