[pct-l] Start time

[Jackie McDonnell]

I hiked the first 100 miles of the CDT in New Mexico last July.  It was
MISERABLE.  I imagine SoCal in July would be equally as awful.

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com


On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com> wrote:

> In my opinion, doing So cal in July and August would be miserable. And
> potentially deadly. June is about the end of the season for us. The PCT
> doesn't stay high enough in altitude long enough to make for a good trip
> at that time of year.
>
> Couple years ago it was unseasonably cool in end of June, beginning of
> July so TrailHacker decided to hike Section C (I-10 to Big Bear area)
> starting around July 4. Well, the day we got there the unseasonably cool
> weather was over. It was 108 at 5pm when we got to the trailhead. We
> hiked a few hours and camped on the trail. It was too hot all night to
> cover your body. It did finally cool off sometime in the night and was
> pleasant in the morning. I said good-bye to him and went home. Later I
> got a call and he sounded like he was dying.
>
> It had been about 120 degrees with some kind of heat index making it
> feel like I don't know, 150 or something ridiculous like that. He tried
> to get to Mission Creek because he'd be okay since there would be water
> available all day as he hiked into the altitude. But he could not make
> it. He got all confused and sort of lost and took a heat-muddled
> brainstorm of a shortcut that nearly killed him, back to Whitewater
> creek where he hunkered down under some kind of driftwood shelter and
> alternated between sitting in the water and sitting under the shelter.
>
> Yeah, you don't want to have to experience that. Go do a section hike of
> the CDT instead. I highly recommend the Winds. That's the most gorgeous
> place I have ever been.
>
> On 02/04/2014 06:00 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 13
> > Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:00:43 -0800 (PST)
> > From: CClark<dr_carolyn at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Start time
> >
> >
> > So the only time we can get time off work is from mid June to mid
> August. ?Yet we are very eager to hike SoCal [either Sections A-B-D or
> D-E-F] because we have completed all the other sections of the PCT except
> those six.?
> >
> > Would we be really foolish to try to complete D-E-F between about June
> 14 to July 4? We are old, but we are still able to hike 20 miles a day
> carrying a full load of water.
> >
> > Is the water report still being updated that late in the season??
> >
> > C Clark
>
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