[pct-l] Late Start 2014

[Andrea Dinsmore]

On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Andrea Dinsmore <
andrea at dinsmoreshikerhaven.com> wrote:

> Just make sure and get up to Washington/Oregon border by the end of
> August. We have at least 50 hikers waiting out terrible winter conditions
> up here in the White Pass, Snoqualmie Pass, Stevens Pass, Stehekin and
> Winthrop areas. SAR is searching for 3 hikers near Mt Adams. Be off the
> trail by the 2-3 week in September. I've been the main trail angel up here
> in Skykomish for 11 yrs. Every year we get a few who dink around and take
> too many zero days. The pay for it by not being able to finish their hike
> because of 3-4' of snow.
>
> Andrea Dinsmore
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Rob Flynn <rob.flynn at live.com> wrote:
>
>> Starting two weeks late is well within the realm of possibility.  Plenty
>> of
>> hikers start that late and finish up every year.  We just had 2 people
>> finish the trail in 2 months; doing it in twice the time is quite feasible
>> for most people.  You will have a little less time to enjoy things off the
>> trail, like towns and trail angels, but if you focus on your mileage per
>> day
>> it's no big deal.  Of course, like any year, the weather is variable, and
>> it
>> would behoove you to get as far north as fast as you can, etc etc, but you
>> can certainly thru-hike the PCT without flip-flopping in that timeframe.
>> Caveat emptor.
>>
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