[pct-l] Leaving Date - The Herd

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Abilene,

"The herd” will be stretched out a bit after approximately 25 days.  Consider
that of those 25 days, 22 of them will be actual hiking days from the
Kick-Off.  The faster bunch of hikers booking about 25 miles per day will
be 550 miles past Lake Morena, or around Mile-570 of the trail.  That’s up
around the resupply towns of Mojave and Tehachapi.  The slowest-starting
hikers may only be booking 10 miles per day, so with around 240 miles under
their sneakers they will be somewhere between Interstate-10 west of Palm
Springs and Big Bear City.  The “average”, if there ever was such a thing,
may be at Agua Dulce.

Enjoy your trip,

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Abilene B. <abilenebushong at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hi there, I am attending kick off, but then have another 3-4 weeks left of
> school before my graduation date around May 26. I want to leave the day
> after I graduate but it is also important to me to be with the rest of the
> hikers. I was thinking perhaps leaving that late would get me into the
> desert when it is too hot - so I am considering jumping over a portion of
> Anza Borrego to catch up with everyone and to be on time to avoid the
> winter snow. I might do some hiking after the kick off but would have to
> come back home for school. What do you think is the best way to do this?
> Please share your insight.
>
> Peace, Abbi
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