[pct-l] dogs

[brick@fastpack.com (Brick Robbins)]

At 08:01 PM 4/5/01 , "Ginny & Jim Owen" <spiritbear2k@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Last year we met several people on the PCT who started the trail with dogs.  
>Most went home before Wrightwood.  We saw no thru-dogs north of Yosemite.  

I passed a group of thru hikers at Sierra City that had a VERY HAPPY golden retriever.

Dunno if the dog made it to Canada or not, but the dog was having a REALLY GOOD time. It was much happier than the thru hikers.

They snuck through Yosemite & SE/KI without a ticket, but it was a very wet/snowy year and there were not many hikers, (or Rangers) around when they went through.

I'd guess that the same percentage of dogs make it as thru hikers: 10%. The only difference the one-in-ten dog needs to be paired with the one-in-ten thru-hiker.

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Brick Robbins  

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