[pct-l] Hiking North-South vs South-North

[pbaily at webuniverse.net (Philip Baily)]

All books that I have seen are oriented for South to North. However, with
some care and awkwardness in reversing sentence by sentence, you should be
able to manage. Signage on the trails is pretty much bidirectional. Along
the John Muir Trail portion of the PCT (Tuolumne Meadows to Crabtree
Meadow), you will probably meet more people going North to South than vice
versa. 
I personally have walked the JMT, Sonora Pass to Tuolumne Meadows, and
selected shorter stretches from North to South with no problem. The
decision driver for your direction should be external logistics, not
0n-trail considerations.
				Phil

At 11:13 AM 1/21/05 -0500, Sam Berry wrote:
>My friends and I are looking to do about a chunk of the PCT this summer, 
>and for logistical reasons we're leaning towards hiking it North-South 
>instead of South-North.  We're planning to start near Castle Crag around 
>July 1st and end when we get out of the Sierras, probably about halfway 
>through August.  Are there any advantages/disadvantages in hiking the 
>trail from north to south?  Am I going to have trouble reversing the 
>guidebook's directions and stuff like that?  I haven't been able to find 
>any, but are there any available guidebooks that describe the trail as 
>it runs from north-south?  I'm a college aged first-time PCT section 
>hiker, make that first time California Hiker, and as I sit in my dorm 
>room up here in Boston where it's 3 degress outside I can't seem to 
>think about anything except my upcoming trip.  Any input would be 
>greatly appreciated, thanks all,
>-Sam Berry
>
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