[pct-l] Williamson attempting to regain unsupported PCT

[greg mushial]

> From: "chiefcowboy at verizon.net" <chiefcowboy at verizon.net>
> To: Dan Jacobs <youroldpaldan at gmail.com>; pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Williamson attempting to regain unsupported PCT
> speedrecord
>
>
> IMHO, the trail is whatever it is at the time it is hiked.  If 59 miles 
> are
> closed, the trail does not include that 59 miles.    We're not going to
> encourage people to hike closed portions of the trail so they have a 
> "pure"
> record are we?
>

Maybe one way around this - to allow less room for protests over an 
attempt - is to simply yo-yo at the end of an attempt and do the requisite 
missing miles so that one has walked the standard 2655 or 2661 miles in the 
end, ie, if nobo, in the case of 59 miles of closures, stop the clock after 
retracing the last 59 miles south of the Canadian border; or if sobo, redo 
the last 59 miles leading to the Mexican border.