[pct-l] Worst parts of the trail and ways to get though

[David Thibault]

Clare, heed the advise you have beeen given and just show up at the trail -
partners if desired will be there.

As far as attempting to convince someone to do a thru hike - its a bad
idea.  A sucessful thru hike is something that must be desired by the
person hiking.  At times the hike is tiring and demanding.  To enjoy it you
have to want to be there - have a drive and desire to do something a bit
out there.  Without this drive I would expect that whoever you "talked into
going" would drop out after a few weeks or months - I've seen this before,
mostly couples where one person really wanted this and the other was just
going along.   It is possible that the desire will develop with the miles
on the trail but I wouldn't count on it.

To reiterrate the first point, if you don't want to be alone on the trail
you wont be.  The way the trail works, the meeting up with others during a
thru hike is hard to imagine or describe until you've done it. Its just
part of that trail magic.

Day-Late



> My name is Clare and I'm currently trying to make my dream of doing the PCT
> a reality. However, despite the fact that many of my friends like the idea
> of joining me, none of them sound too serious. I don't want to be too
> pushy; it's a big decision. I also don't want to be alone on the trail. I'm
> fairly new to this forum, so I'm not sure if this thread has already begun,
> but I couldn't find anything in the archives about hiking partners. So I'd
> like to start the conversation! Are there folks out there looking for
> hiking partners or groups willing to take on an extra hiker?
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