[pct-l] Mileage

[David Thibault]

Agreed,  It was always a great feeling to end up your last day before a
trail town just a few miles from town - ready to strike for breakfast in
the morning.   You  could hit breakfast, do town choirs, hit lunch, and
head back out in the late afternoon with a fresh meal ready for dinner, my
favorites -- subs, salads, pizza, etc.

I also always get a chuckle at the folks that check the elevation profiles
every day - with the thoughts dread of another steep hill climb that day.
For me it seemed silly as your going to hike it either way so there is no
need to really concern yourself about it.

Similar story from the AT.  One day I met up with a weekend hiker and he
informed me that it was going to rain the next day or so for a couple of
days.  After we parted I thought about it for a while and realized that
this new information really made no difference at all - if it didn't rain I
was going to be hiking, if it did rain I was going to be hiking.


Day-Late (taking it a day at a time on the trail and banking those miles
into a breakfast treat)



>
> Diane really captures a common thru-hiking space in this missive.  I bet
> everyone of us who's been on the trail long enough to routinely reach
> the 20 mpd averages experiences what she describes. For those of us who
> haven't been there yet, what she writes is really, really accurate.  You
> can expect to experience what she describes!!!
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