[pct-l] Can you do it in 4?

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One way to get "easy" miles, as most thruhikers eventually figure out, is to 
add one or two hours of hiking after dinner.  This has many advantages over 
hiking till dark without significant breaks.  You cook and clean up while it's 
still light.  You hike that last hour or two feeling well-rested instead of 
dogs tired.  You aren't camping where you cooked, a plus in bear country.  You 
don't have to camp near water or in established campsites (stealth camping).  

In hot or dry stretches, do your cooking at any water source even if it means 
having dinner at 10 AM.     

Those two to four "free" miles each day can get you to Manning Park two to 
four weeks earlier than if you just cooled your heels after dinner.   
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In a message dated 1/14/04 4:49:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
chwillet@indiana.edu writes:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 barclayb@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> >So my real question, as a pct 2004 thru hiker who plans to attend Boston 
> University in the fall as a grad student (and who therefore has to return by 
> September), is:  can I really do the whole thing in 4 months?