[pct-l] Information Overload!

[brick at fastpack.com (Brick Robbins)]

At 11:34 AM 4/1/04, Paul Magnanti wrote:
>Things tend to work out on the trail. Don't worry
>about all the info. Just go out and hike. Enjoy the
>PCT!

I offer the advice of General Dwight D. Eisenhower:

"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great 
distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start 
with this one thing: the very definition of 'emergency' is that it is 
unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning."

Learn all you can, and fit it all into the best plan you can think of based 
on the information you have, because without a plan it is hard to organize 
the information.

But don't take your plan to seriously, and be ready to change it almost 
daily, because unexpected things happen on the trail, and when 
circumstances change, the plan should change too.  And if you have done 
your planning, you will be able to change your plan without having to 
review all the information again.

Hike Your Own Hike

--
Brick Robbins
"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live."
------Goethe