Re: [pct-l] Thinking about a PCT hike

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In a message dated 8/28/00 1:58:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
krk@home.msen.com writes:

<< How easy is the 
 trail to follow especially in the desert sections in the south? My vision 
 is low and this is an important issue to me. I don't need a trail to have 
 blaze every few hundred yards, but if the trail spends miles and miles 
 crossing boulder fields or flat unremarked terrain that does cause me 
 troubles. >>

I don't think there were any serious problems finding the trail through the 
desert.  If there were decisions to be made about which way to go, either the 
trail guide or a short walk down the wrong path would make everything clear.  
Now, finding the trail under four feet of snow?  That's a map and compass 
exercise! 

OTOH, I met a hiker in '97 who was on his way to Canada but was walking south 
on the trail when we met.  Seems he had a deficiency of "wild goose" in him 
and couldn't remember in the morning which way he had come from to get where 
he was.  We turned him around.  Have always wondered if he ever got out of 
California! 
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