[pct-l] Beginner experience level

[David Thibault]

Ronald,

 I know you won't believe it now but you are probably as well prepared for
the thru hike as you are going to be.  Sure you are going to be second
guessing your gear choices all the way thru the Sierra's,  then you will
stop and you won't think about them again until Washington when (and if)
the rain starts.

But at that point you will figure out  - that while the choices you have
made for gear are probably not the ideal choices for you - they will work
out.  If they are way off you will change them during the trip.

Did I change a few things from my first thru hike to me second - sure,
have I changed a few things in prep for the third - sure,  is it really
going to make a difference - probably not.

The gear is such a small part of what it takes to do a successful thru
hike.   But - as it is two months from the start of this adventure - it is
all you have any control over  - so we tend obsess on it.  Every thru hiker
has gone through this and every thru hiker will go through this.  Food is
the same.  If you screw up on your food there will be a store in most trail
towns where you can adjust.  Granted there are a few towns where the
choices are limited, but I've yet to hear of a thru hiker dying from
starvation on the trail.

Enjoy the trail - it is an adventure of epic dimensions - one of which is
pre-hike worry

Day-Late (who worried about everything before that first thru)




> for me its the same..its my first thru-hike and i've been preparing myself
> for the trail since nearly a year.
>
> In terms of gear, re-supplies and the terrain..and than i read something
> new and different from other, more experienced hikers which already
> finished the PCT.. i've tried to learn from the mistakes of others and
> Yogi's PCT books helped me a lot and lets me reconsider/refine my strategy.
> During the last few weeks i've felt like I'm not prepared good enough
> (water sources in the desert, food mail drops..) This has changed a lot in
> the last days. Lets see how my increased theory knowledge works in
> real-life situations..
>
> I agree with David: Better do it now - i don't know what's gonna happen
> next year..this could be the time of my life.
>
> I hope to find a hiking partner (or partners) who has a compatible
> hiking-style, maybe there are some hikers when i start at the 24/25th.
>
>
> 2013/3/6 David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>
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