[pct-l] troll?

[sue.kettles at comcast.net (sue.kettles@comcast.net)]

This has been a very difficult snow year on the trail - almost everywhere.  And the weather in Washington and Oregon has been rainy and cold since mid April with very little let-up. I know you need to be really tough to hike the whole thing this year.  And as for updates on trail conditions - it just seems a prudent thing to do in this particular year..
SK 

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> Normally, I try to be really diplomatic in my 
> responses. Maybe it's because it's Monday, but I'm 
> not quite feeling the love. 
> 
> Is the recent thread about "continuous trail condition 
> updates" for real or is it a troll? 
> 
> Get outdoors, and experience the weather, good **and** 
> bad. If you don't like the weekend forecast, stay 
> home. If you can't abide bad weather, don't go on a 5 
> month hike! Hiking through terrible conditions can be 
> awesome -- the fact that you're doing it and 
> succeeding is a great feeling. If you're an 
> uber-hyper-ultralight hiker with only a pair of 
> underwear, no jacket, thin shirt, etc., well, maybe 
> you should have thought that one through a bit better. 
> The ultralight hiker carries as part of his/her base 
> weight a certain assumption of risk. 
> 
> Finally, if you have $5 million to give to the PCT, 
> don't use it to better enable a bunch of armchair 
> hikers to vicariously enjoy the PCT -- put it into 
> something like trail repair for the area that was 
> demolished in 2003. Contribute to land conservation 
> efforts. Contribute to lobbying efforts to help trail 
> construction / acquisition. 
> 
> Iron Chef 
> 
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From: kenandeb at sover.net (kenandeb@sover.net)
Date: Tue Jul 12 08:45:54 2005
Subject: [pct-l] Washington Trip
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Got back from a walk in Washington. I started northbound from Snoqualmie
Pass on June 19. Took the Airporter Shuttle from SeaTac to Cle Elum. I
really thought the driver would drop me off at the pass, but noooo,
Federal law does not permit, the driver said. Let off and dejected I
grabbed an oil can at a big grocery store in Cle Elum and stuck the thumb
out to get back to the pass. One of those miracles happened and caught an
immediate ride back up to the pass. I walked up to the motel at the pass
and ran into four south bounder flippers. I ran into an average of 4 or 5
south bounders a day on the walk to Stevens Pass. The trail is in great
shape, ran into a 2 person trail crew at Deception Lakes out of the
Skykomish FS ranger station.
For a break, I went on the NW Trailways bus from Stevens Pass to
Leavenworth, a nice compact little town with a Bavarian complex. There is
an overabundance of fancy beers and fancy chocolate available in this
town, very hard to take. I found reasonable accommodations at the
Evergreen Motel, although I am sure rooms are scarce in the summer season,
especially on weekends.
Onward north, I continued three days along the PCT then descended on the
re-route down Indian Creek. Here I ran into jungle conditions and bad
weather and bailed out, although it seemed like an interesting route in
good weather. I ran into many more south bounders and all were in good
spirits. It was awful nice to be out on the trail again.
Ken R.