[pct-l] Skipping

[Gail Van Velzer]

We have lots of "holes" to fill, but we are doing it.  With a horse, the 
logistics are a bit more difficult.  We had to skip areas that were unsafe, 
areas that were too hot and without water, and a few simply because of time. 
Living a few hours north of the border gives us the opportunities to go back 
and fill in those holes.  The only thing we are missing before Kennedy 
Meadows right now is the part between Cottonwood Spring and Tehachapi Willow 
Springs Rd. and the area between Hwy. 58 and Walker Pass.  It was just too 
hot, 105, to do the desert section a few weeks ago, but we'll get it done in 
the Fall.  My original intent was to go straight through from Campo to 
Canada, but my accident changed all that.  My husband can't get the extended 
time off this year, so we are doing what we can, when we can.  We'll get 
there!

Golly

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Langsdorf" <sdscpcts at yahoo.com>
To: "Mel Tungate" <mel at tungate.com>; "'Craig Gates'" <ssbxfire at gmail.com>; 
"'marmot marmot'" <marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>; "'Matthew Edwards'" <iceaxehikes at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Skipping


> Mel,
> I still encourage people to go back and fill in the holes. That is what I 
> will be doing next month in Washington.
> Rob
>      From: Mel Tungate <mel at tungate.com>
> To: 'Craig Gates' <ssbxfire at gmail.com>; 'marmot marmot' 
> <marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net; 'Matthew Edwards' <iceaxehikes at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 5:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Skipping
>
> Every step, whether 2650 miles of them, or 2649 miles, should be 
> celebrated.
>
>
> Whether one hitched from the Anderson's to Hughes Lake to avoid that road
> walk, or got off the trail to go to Tehachapi at Willow Springs Road then
> got back on the trail at Hwy 58, or did not walk 20 miles of road to 
> bypass
> the 4 miles of PCT that is closed, is totally irrelevant. And, if one 
> would
> start today, there are at least two fire blockages ( and maybe 3 ) plus a
> full chunk that cannot be walked now. So, would one who went say 2600 
> miles
> today, and walked every step one could, be classified as a non-thru hike?
>
> And, what dang difference does it make whether one flips once, or twice, 
> or
> none, or ten times. It still is 2650 miles the last I checked, and I will
> have walked ( if I did the full trail ) 2650 more miles than my next door
> neighbor.
>
> What award someone else gets is of no interest to me. Zero. Nein. Zilch.
> Zip. It neither adds to nor diminishes what I feel from the part of the
> trail I walked.
>
> Mel
>
>
>>> Hey it's just that I've watched over the years award ceremonies , ,
>>> certificates and metals been presented to those I know for a fact
> skipped
>>> 50 to a couple hundred miles . Don't get upset over it ! I'm just
> stating
>>> I couldn't do that! If anyone wishes to that, fine... Lol. Go for it!
>>>
>>> "Sent from my iPhone"
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> Who are we to judge?
>>> That is also why the whole idea of awards and triple crown is blown for
> me.
>>> Never hiked to lord it over another.
>>> Like a Shinto priest:
>>> "We dance."
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