[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 58, Issue 5

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I think instead of Nat Geo's movie, you should purchase all of  
Squatch's movies and screen them with your wife. She might even  
decide she wants to do it herself.
http://www.walkpct.com/

Also, if you can figure out what to do with these (I couldn't), these  
are the Class Of DVDs.
http://thepiratebay.se/user/brickster3072/

There are tons of youtube videos and other videos out there you can  
buy, too. They're all wonderful and will give you a more realistic  
image of the experience. It's a joyful thing to do and there is no  
failing even if you don't hike the entire trail all in one go.

On Oct 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Subject: [pct-l] Wife Buy-In and Contracting Biz Prep For Thru Hike
>
> Basically, I have a goal of thru-hiking the PCT and it's time to  
> put some meat to it by setting a date. I have chosen 2016 and I  
> have some things to get in order by that time. I own an electrical  
> contracting business, a home, I'm married to a "non-backpacker"  
> wife and I have two sons. My oldest is 17 and almost out of the  
> house (I hope) and the youngest is 6. The youngest will be turning  
> 10 in May of 2016 (hopefully on the trail).
> My long-winded-point IS, I did a "Google" search re: wife  
> permission PCT, etc since there is some resistance and mostly  
> incredulity from the spouse. (Not much in the way of search results  
> came up)
> I announced the date to her last week, and while watching the Nat  
> Geo PCT doc (little lame, I know) I told her only 300 hundred or so  
> people tried it in a year. She asked "How many people are in the  
> US?" and I responded, "I don't know, around 300 million maybe." She  
> said I should easily be able to figure out my odds for going by  
> using the two figures...
>
> My question is: has anyone else had similar experience with a less  
> than ecstatic partner in fostering buy-in and successfully planning  
> and carrying out a thru-hike?
> And/ Or
> Does anyone have experience with prepping a contracting (or other  
> small biz) for being away for up to 6 months on a thru-hike?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> ?
> Jesse Baldwin
> Owner
> Baldwin Industrial Group
> CA C-10 License #925362
> www.BaldwinIndustrialGroup.com
> www.MammothLakesContractors.com
> Ph. (760) 914-2455
> 53 South Landing Road
> Crowley Lake, CA 93546