[pct-l] Hiking the PCT

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I'd say you're pretty average among this bunch. Welcome to trail  
life. (Should I tell him hiking the trail won't cure him?)

Postholer.com has a good faq. And Planyourhike.com has good info,  
too. You'll need the water report, some kind of guide book and some  
gear. Planning isn't really THAT necessary. I mean sure, plan all you  
want, but you'll probably throw your plans out the window after a  
week or two, unless you are a type A kind of person. But you aren't,  
otherwise you wouldn't be planning at such short notice.

Good luck.

On Mar 13, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> 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