[pct-l] Sleeping bags, dogs, and guidebooks

[shutterbugg313 at yahoo.com (Shutterbug steiner)]

It is a mistake to think that the frist 700 miles of the PCT is all desert.  There is some desert but well over half of the 700 miles is in timber with signifigant snow.  And the desert is known for not just being dry but but having an extreme range in temperature with it potentially being wicked cold at night,  I personally live within 19 nukes if the pct and it has not gotten above freezing today.
 
Shutterbug

MedusaJ@aol.com wrote:
Hi! My first post--I'm a citizen of the at-l an a graduate of the AT class 
of 04, but this is my first post on the pct-l. My trail companion and I are 
planning a thru-hike of the PCT next year, one of those hasty cobbled-together 
extreme on-a-budget thru-hikes of those who go from thru-hike to thru-hike, 
like addicts. Anyway. In so doing, we have some questions for all of you, and 
I'm sure more to come...

1. Sleeping bags. Do we really need sleeping bags for the first 700 miles 
of desert? Or would fleece liners or blankets do the trick? How cold does it 
really get in the desert at night? What about once you head into the Sierra? 
What kind of sleeping bag do you recommend for the rest of the hike--how low 
do they need to be rated?

2. Dogs. I know this is a very controversial question (or at least it is on 
the AT), but my companion left his dog at home all last summer and wants to 
know the feasiblity of bringing him on the PCT. How difficult is it really for 
a dog on the PCT? Is the water-carrying prohibitive? Has anyone brought a 
dog on a thru-hike? And does anyone have a used dog pack for sale?

3. Guidebooks. We saw both Yogi's book and the official guides in various 
places along the AT, but being in the extremely frugal way means that we're 
looking for cut-rate guides. Any chance anyone has some used ones for sale? 
We're trying to save money any place we can, so it would be great if anyone could 
share with us even their cut-up three-year-old guides.

Anyway, hope to see you all at the Kick-Off. (Not sure whether to use our 
trail names or not... The rumor on the AT is that that gets you beat up on the 
PCT....)

Melissa and Karl (aka Marzipan and County) 
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