[pct-l] First time 20 miles

[saskia.home at xs4all.nl (Saskia)]

Hi,

To contrast my experience with the incredible 40-50 mile hikers: I just did
20 miles the day before yesterday for the first time ever. It was over flat
land (nothing else in the Netherlands...) but it was through rain, sleet,
rain and snow and had to be finished between sunup and sundown. That's
pretty short these days.

The sneakers approach (trail runners instead of boots) does not completely
stand up to the weather in the Netherlands. We had wet feet all through the
day. As it was wet underneath, wet above and around, all day long, they had
absolutely no chance of drying. We're thinking of modifying our ultralight
approach just a smidgen: rain pants and goretex trail runners for winter
wetness. 

Saskia