[pct-l] yikes

[viveka1111 at yahoo.com (vivek)]

In 2000 we finished in mid-October, I had planned on finishing Oct 1(five month plan) but was about 2 weeks behind schedule.  Some others  even finished after we did.  We had some rainy days, but no snow in Washington.
(we did have have lots of snow around Crater Lake in early Sept, but waited it out off trail)
 
vivek


Christopher Willett <chwillet@indiana.edu> wrote:
Your starting date may be as problematical as your ending date. 
People got dumped on hard this spring in SoCal. The difficulties 
they had, though, were exacerbated by not having much cold/bad 
weather gear. If you go in prepared, life should be pretty good.

There are two 
Canadians (Alister and Gail) who are on the 6 month schedule. I 
believe that they are still hiking, but I last saw them in Tahoe.

Chris

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Karen Borski wrote:

> 
> > Not necessarily. In 1977, our plan called for a 17
> > miles/day average,
> > dropping to 11 miles/day in the Sierra. Of course,
> > back then everyone took
> > about 5-1/2 months to complete the trail.
> 
> 
> I'm thru-hiking next year and planning a full 6
> months. It can be done, as I've known several hikers
> who have pulled off this schedule. I plan to leave
> April 10 and finish October 10. I know that I take a
> risk with the end date, and I may finish earlier, but
> I know me. I will want to stretch it out to its
> fullest, and I have friends who have finished in mid
> to late October on the PCT (various years) with no
> problems except cold rain and a few snowy days. I am
> in love with fall, so I won't miss it even if it
> forces me to road walk the last bit to the border. I
> also plan one full day off per week. 
> 
> Nocona
> 
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