[pct-l] First time 20 miles

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good evening, Saskia,

I have spent the better part of the last 45 years hiking in the Oregon and
Washington, and while wet feet is not the best part of the hike, it is
pretty much a fact of life, like mosquitoes and rocks.  Rain in Netherlands
is substantially the same as rain in the NW Cascades, except here maybe the
hills will encourage the water to drain from the shoes.

Steel-Eye

"A rainy day is better met by those who don't mind getting wet."
    -Don Hirsohn, The Appalachian Trail


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saskia" <saskia.home@xs4all.nl>
To: "PCT list" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 3:49 AM
Subject: [pct-l] First time 20 miles


> 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
>
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