[pct-l] Hiking the PCT

[Philip Williams]

Hello all,

I am new to this list, but I wanted to get started at talking with everyone.  I am (god willing) going to be hiking the trail this year.  I realize that I don't have a lot of time to plan but I am started.  I would appreciate any advice all of you have to give in regards to the trail.  I realize there are different schools of thought, I open open to hearing from each of you.

Some background:

So I had this revelation. Since I was a sophomore in high school I have wanted to hike one of the continental trails. I always thought that it would be the AT simply because it is the closest to me. However, now I am thinking differently.
I have been working for a while at a job that I don't really enjoy. It pays the bills but what is that really worth to me? I don't really know what I want to do with my life and I know it isn't working in the industry I am working in now. I don't know what pushed me over the edge last week, but everything came to a head. I realized that if I continue dating the girl I am with we are probably going to get married. This may happen sooner than later and her moving close to me or vice versa would happen even sooner. I don't like my job, but I am just working at it for a pay check. If I don't make a decision to do something that I find fulfilling I might end up working at the same kind of Job the rest of my life. I have wanted to hike a continental trail, now seems to be the best time to do it. When else am I going to have the opportunity where I don't have the strings I have now?

So what are your thoughts?


Thanks

--phil