[pct-l] Hiking Next Year

[jdrows at attbi.com (JD Schaefer)]

Leisurely - yes, good for preparing the body for what's to come - yes, but .
. . . there are those stretches 20 miles and more between water.  It then
means having to carry more water weight through the desert since there will
be more meals in between water sources because the daily mileage will be
relatively small.

On the other hand, I read someone's journal last week of this year's PCT, in
which he recounted of a fellow hiker who had just gone back to Campo for the
third time this Spring because he couldn't get through the snow and wasn't
going to section hike, so he figured he'd keep hiking over the same section
until the Trail was open enough to get through.  He also said the flowers
were different each time.
JD
PCT GonnaBe 2004


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jape" <jape@nethere.com>
To: "PCT" <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiking Next Year


> Karen Borski wrote:
>
> > The early PCT
> > start means beginning on April 10 and feeling free to
> > hike only 10-mile days for the first month.  <snip>
>
> What a great plan.  Talk about a no-stress start.  I'll be looking
> forward to reading how it works for you.
>
> Eckert
>
>
>
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