[pct-l] Late Season Hiking

[Melanie Clarke]

Note to Maxine:  Sasha is a young college kid, believe me, he can do the 25
miles/per day right off the bat!  It's one of those amazing advantages of
youth.  They can hold on to a higher percentage of their lean tissue over a
winter and experience faster recovery times after a 25 mile day.


On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Maxine Weyant <weyantm at msn.com> wrote:

> I've gone south from Tuolumne starting early August and it was great!  But
> unless you're totally broken in and trail-worthy, I wouldn't plan on a 25
> mile/day pace in that first week at those altitudes.  The water sources in
> the Sierras were abundant and all the resupply places were going full force
> because of all the JMT hikers that time of year.  I suggest you go to Muir
> Trail Ranch instead of VVR to save time.  It's just a mile or so off the
> trail and their hiker "box" consisted of multiple large buckets of various
> foods, TP, and soap, etc, that could get you by until you got to your next
> place.  If you ship a resupply to Muir Ranch, it's expensive and has to be
> shipped in a plastic bucket.  I didn't go beyond the Sierras that trip so I
> can't comment on the desert and SoCal sections for that time of year, but
> I'd imagine they'd be blazingly hot in August.  The Sierras are so
> beautiful in August, you should consider allowing yourself more time to
> enjoy it and maybe do the mo
>  st southernmost sections of CA at a more opportune time.  Just my 2cents.
>  Cheers,  Dys-feng shui-nal
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