[pct-l] My Non-Continuous Thru-Hike

[blisterfree at isp01.net (Brett)]

How about a sister ADZ event at Stehekin the 2nd week in 
June?

- bf

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Bighummel@aol.com>
To: <PCT@DelNorteResort.Com>; 
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Cc: <ericallanwest@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] My Non-Continuous Thru-Hike


>
> _PCT@DelNorteResort.Com_ (mailto:PCT@DelNorteResort.Com) 
> writes:
>
> "As the  entry date into the Sierra's is THE variable, 
> maybe the kick-off
> party
> date should be variable too? "
>
> "This year should be interesting on  that front."
>
>
>
> As has been pointed out before, the organizers of the ADZ 
> do not have the
> luxury of setting the date for the event later than about 
> 11 months before due
> to the reservation issues of Lake Morena park.  The ADZ 
> has become so  popular
> and so well attended that, should  the timing of the event 
> not  coordinate
> with THE optimum time to start a thru-hike, and, should 
> not as many  aspiring
> hikers decide to attend, then that is clearly outside of 
> what we can  control.
> Perhaps in heavy Sierra snow years we will have more 
> section hikers and  future
> year aspiring hikers attend due to these conditions, i.e. 
> hikers putting  off
> a thru-hike to a following or future year due to the heavy 
> snow  conditions.
>
> The ADZ will be held on the last weekend of April 
> regardless of the weather
> patterns and will be another great gathering, as was even 
> the case in the year
> that it rained on the event.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Greg "Strider" Hummel
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