[pct-l] Newbie questions

[richard at hare22.demon.co.uk (Richard Hare)]

James

I don't think you'll need to worry about being as fit as an olympic athlete!
(although as a consequence of doing the walk you may become it!)  There was
some discussion on this list a while ago about starting earlier and taking
your time in the first few weeks to build up to longer milages.  The
downside to this is that distances between water can be up to 25miles so if
you were to spend 2 days walking this you'd obviously have to carry twice
the water, I would suggest about 12 litres which may not be practical!
Anyway you've a while to work out your strategies!

I am far from fit, apart from my weekend overnighters I'm not doing any of
the silly milages involved in thru hiking.  Although I'm promising myself I
will start the New Year by losing a stone in weight and walking 100 miles a
week. In reality I will probably struggle through the first few sections
keep on the weight and use it to insulate me on those chilly Californian
nights and fuel me the first few hundred miles of the trip!

Rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Kendall [mailto:jameskendall@ekno.com]
> Sent: 07 July 2003 15:33
> To: richard@hare22.demon.co.uk; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Newbie questions
>
>
> Hi Richard,
> All sounds very exciting! Might trying making my way over in 2005 or
> 2006 - think I'm gonna need the guidance!!! So how much training have
> you done for it so far? I'm not quite sure on the level of fitness
> required - obviously you need to be rather fit, but are we talking
> like athlete fit?! Like I said I really know very little at this
> stage! =o\ Anyways I'll be in touch, and thanks for the advice!
> Talk soon
> James
> ?