[pct-l] Things you wish you knew before you hiked the

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I agree with these things, but I do have to say I'm glad there was so  
much I didn't know because what I learned became a pleasant surprise.

Diane

On Apr 6, 2013, at 9:07 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Things you wish you knew before you hiked the
>
> For Rain pants - consider a rain skirt from sil-nylon.  They breath  
> better
> and your feet are going to get wet either way.
>
> As for things in retrospect:   Wide shoes, have a little  
> flexibility in
> your food resupply, Ben & Jerry's, if using a stove it is nice to  
> have a
> non-cook meal available in case conditions make it necessary, it  
> takes a
> while to learn how much water to carry, you can eat meals whenever -
> breakfast for dinner, dinner for breakfast in dry areas to keep water
> weight down,  things will go bad sometimes - dealing with it is  
> part of the
> hike, you can't control the weather just how you react to it.  and  
> most
> importantly have a great time.
>
> Day-Late
>
>
>
>> .
>> I'd like some feedback from veteran PCT thru-hikers about a)  
>> things they
>> wish they had known before they started hiking the PCT and/or b)  
>> things
>> they would have done differently in retrospect. Really open-ended,  
>> I know.
>>
>> ALSO I'm looking for tips on rain pants. Any lightweight options out
>> there? I'm not looking to spend a lot on cuben fiber pants. Anyone  
>> have
>> thoughts on panchos?
>>
>> Thanks!