[pct-l] Aloha Marzipan & County

[AlohaAnn at adelphia.net (Aloha! Ann)]

Aloha Marzipan & County!

Fancy running into you here!  Glad to see you'll be up and "running" again. 
Well, when I last saw you at Upper Goose Pond I didn't see much running.... 
just lots of ramblin' along.  Good on ya! Glad to see you two are still 
going strong.

You've come to a great group for answers.  These folks are the best!

Aloha! Ann
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> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:03:01 EST
> From: MedusaJ@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sleeping bags, dogs, and guidebooks
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> 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)
>