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[pct-l] re: howdy all
Liz wrote:
>>> I was a subscriber to the pct list in '97-'98 and hiked 1200 miles of
the pct during the ill fated El Nino year of '98. Andrea and I hiked from
Campo to Kennedey Meadows and "flip-flopped" to Manning Park and hiked all
of Washington. Last summer I hiked 450 miles, with Ant Newman (check out
his website!), from Etna Summit to Ollalie Lake. This summer I hope to
finish the rest of the trail; 100 miles in OR, and 900 from Etna Summit to
Kennedey Meadows. Even though I had intended a thru-hike in '98 and was
somewhat disappointed in our change of plans it has been super to have the
hike to look forward to the last couple of years and I got to meet that
many more folks on the trail! <<<
similar situation with me and ellen. we planned on a southbound for last
year, had to modify it to a flip-flop because of la nina. then the
flip-flop got modified even more coz snow didn't melt til late august.
ended up doing walker pass - carson pass, then mt hood - canada. ellen said
that was enough for her, so i continued solo mt hood - ashland, where the
loneliness kicked me off in october.
after doing a 'normal' S-N AT hike, all the jumping around gave me no sense
of continuity on the PCT. there wasn't a lot of pull keeping me on the
trail because it didn't feel like a 'thru-hike.' no sense of community,
either, which i really missed. one flip i could handle, but flip-flop-flip
left me feeling like stringing together 4 different trails (if i had
finished). so when i spent all but one night in oregon alone (would have
been every night if Mountain Dave and i hadn't split a cabin at ollalie), it
was pretty easy to hop off and visit AT friends in ashland.
anyway, now we look forward to biting off chunks in N calif during thru-hike
season. we'd like to finish mexico - walker pass in one shot with the
thru-hikers one year. hope to see some of you between ashland and castella
this year.
mike
ke kaahawe
AT92 TYT94 PCT/2 99
mexico --?-> walker --99-> carson <-?-- ashland <-99-- mt hood --99-> canada
(how's that for flip flopping?!!)
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