[pct-l] New member (Jerry Nicholson)
Jerry Nicholson
jer166 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Aug 19 15:50:41 CDT 2015
Tartan, thanks for the info. That is similar to what I have planned. I am an older newcomer also. I will be 69 when I attempt the thru-hike in 2017.
Been putting this off for a long time but now the bucket list is crowded. I have plenty of training areas around here from mountains to desert.
I have been walking about 8 miles a day for the past year. It was all level and paved though with no additional weight carried.
Semper Fi, Jerry Nicholson
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1. New member (Jerry Nicholson)
2. Re: New member (Brian Watt)
3. Re: New member (Brick Robbins)
4. Water in bear creek (Chuck Shugart)
5. Re: New member (Jerry Nicholson)
6. Re: New member (Brick Robbins)
7. Re: New member (Jerry Nicholson)
8. Re: New member (Brian Watt)
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:54:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jerry Nicholson <jer166 at sbcglobal.net>
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I am planning thru-hiking the PCT in 2017.? Just trying to get up to speed on logistics and training.? ?Semper Fi,
Jerry Nicholson
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:05:56 -0500
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Welcome Jerry,
Ask away... we'll try to answer your questions
Tartan
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:04:31 -0700
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2015-08-18 8:54 GMT-07:00 Jerry Nicholson <jer166 at sbcglobal.net>:
> I am planning thru-hiking the PCT in 2017. Just trying to get up to speed on logistics and training. Semper Fi,
==
Logistics:
there are plenty of sites on that
Craig's PCT Planner is a good place to start,
http://www.pctplanner.com/
And he has lots of tips
http://www.pctplanner.com/tips/
the PCTA site is good too
http://www.pcta.org/discover-the-trail/long-distance-hiking/resupply/
Someone will pipe up and try and sell you Yogi's book too.
==
Training?
get a 100lb rucksack and your M-16 and hike start hiking in utes and
boots just like you did in the Corps, right Reinhold?
But seriously, running is a good way to start, but it won't help
condition your feet. For that you will need lots of walking miles
carrying a pack.
Welcome to the list
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:55:25 -0600
From: "Chuck Shugart" <cshugart at sasktel.net>
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Sean Herb and Dan,
Thanks for the input on Bear creek. I've been there several times too, and it's hard to imagine NO water there. But with all the drought talk this year I didn't know how that might affect even a major drainage like Bear Creek. And I've never been there this late in te season. Sounds like I won't have to be carrying water like I did this year on the CDT.
Miner, are you still thinking CDT in a while? It's tough. Finished it this year.
Chuck Shugart
(Hawkeye), (the Canadian one)
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:46:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jerry Nicholson <jer166 at sbcglobal.net>
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Thanks for the tips.? I am already on those sites and I have the planner downloaded.?
My plan is to do a lot of walking with a pack and keep adding weight until I get to my load capacity.?
I will probably do some section hiking next season.? I live in Los Angeles so there are several sections that are
nearby to get started on.?
My main concern is the water and food situation, but after reading a lot it seems to be less of a problem than I thought.?
??Semper Fi,
Jerry Nicholson
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2015-08-18 8:54 GMT-07:00 Jerry Nicholson <jer166 at sbcglobal.net>:
> I am planning thru-hiking the PCT in 2017.? Just trying to get up to speed on logistics and training.? Semper Fi,
==
Logistics:
there are plenty of sites on that
Craig's PCT Planner is a good place to start,
http://www.pctplanner.com/
And he has lots of tips
http://www.pctplanner.com/tips/
the PCTA site is good too
http://www.pcta.org/discover-the-trail/long-distance-hiking/resupply/
Someone will pipe up and try and sell you Yogi's book too.
==
Training?
get a 100lb rucksack and your M-16 and hike start hiking in utes and
boots just like you did in the Corps, right Reinhold?
But seriously, running is a good way to start, but it won't help
condition your feet. For that you will need lots of walking miles
carrying a pack.
Welcome to the list
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 08:16:44 -0700
From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
To: Jerry Nicholson <jer166 at sbcglobal.net>
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2015-08-18 23:46 GMT-07:00 Jerry Nicholson <jer166 at sbcglobal.net>:
> My plan is to do a lot of walking with a pack and keep adding weight until I
> get to my load capacity.
You do want to be careful about your gear, so that your base weight
(without food and water) is as low as you can get safely.I think that
low teens is quite doable. There are people who get below 10, but I
never have.
Figuring 2lbs a day for food for a 5 day stretch, and a couple of
liters of water, you won't often leave town after resupply with more
than 30lbs.
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:06:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jerry Nicholson <jer166 at sbcglobal.net>
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that is great info.? i was estimating 35-45.
?Semper Fi, Jerry Nicholson
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2015-08-18 23:46 GMT-07:00 Jerry Nicholson <jer166 at sbcglobal.net>:
> My plan is to do a lot of walking with a pack and keep adding weight until I
> get to my load capacity.
You do want to be careful about your gear, so that your base weight
(without food and water) is as low as you can get safely.I think that
low teens is quite doable. There are people who get below 10, but I
never have.
Figuring 2lbs a day for food for a 5 day stretch, and a couple of
liters of water, you won't often leave town after resupply with more
than 30lbs.
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:55:57 -0500
From: Brian Watt <bwatt at 1fifoto.com>
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Jerry,
I was an older newcomer to long distance hiking so I felt I really
needed to prepare myself for the challenge of the PCT. I did my prep in
my town over a period of six months. I started with 20 lbs in my pack
and 40 miles per week. First I increased my pack weight by 10% per week
until it was 35 lbs. Then I increased my distance by 10% per week until
it was 80 miles. Each week consisted of hiking on local flat paths and
roads on Monday, and Wednesday, hills on Tuesday and Thursday, off on
Friday, a long distance hike on Saturday, and a trail hike with poles on
Sunday. To help adjust to the weight and distance every 5th week was a
"recovery" week where I dropped down my weight and distance 30% for just
that week. About once a month I went to a local park and camped over the
weekend to shakedown my other gear and to hike on different trails. My
culmination was a multi-day hike to Big Bend National Park where I
cached water (required by the rangers) and did the Outer Mountain Loop
across the desert using all my gear including topo maps and GPS. By the
time I was done I had hiked over 1600 miles and knew that I was ready
for the PCT which I completed in 2014 in 144 days (April 16-Sept 6) with
7 zeros. This includes all the standard caveats of YMMV and HYOH.
Bri/Tartan
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