[pct-l] Scissors Crossing phobia

[matt at mattmaxon.com (Matt Maxon)]

Alan
I had alway much dreaded this segment and it was the last hunk in my SoCal
Section hike to complete

Until December `05 when I hiked it finally

I started at 7:00 am on the 3rd and came out on S22 on the 4th @ 8:45am
could have made it in one day but planned 2 so I didn't rush it. It was
quite chilly up there in december and kinda wished I'd brought a better
sleeping bag but it was just one night....

N or S direction IMO wouldn't make much of a difference and I made good time
as the trail is relativly easy going.
The `05 data book has the distance at 23.9 miles I made it 23.35. Whats a
few 10th of a mile..... I measured from the center line of SR-78 to the
center line of S22

Just go for it....

worse comes to worse you could bail out @ 13.38 miles and down the firebreak
to S2, just before the water cache @ 13.56 miles. (This is how the water is
hauled in)

Trail90
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan L Nelson" <aln@skypoint.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Cc: <aln@skypoint.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:43 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Scissors Crossing phobia


>
> Hi All, let me explain.
>
> I have this phobia about Scissors Crossing (S.C.)  In 1999 I was a
> northbound PCT hiker
> who got his butt kicked in the heat of So. Cal.  By the time I got to
> S.C., I took a
> nice detour to Julian to get out of the heat.  Problem is - that I
> got seduced back
> into the real world after calling back home and commiserating about
> the heat out
> in wacky California (I hail from Minnesota.)
>
> So I never got any further than S.C.  In 2004 I had planned on
> resuming the trek
> from S.C. but got cold feet at the last moment.  Really cold feet -
> as in the last
> moment before heading out to the airport. So I never went.
>
> On many business trips out to So.Cal., I'd drive out to S.C. and do
> some exploring.
> I'd tell myself that it would be easy to start again (in the future)
> given that I'd be starting
> out "fresh" with lots of water and a new attitude.  But the phobia
remains.
>
> (On one trip in July - I stood outside my car on highway 87 and
> marveled at the heat.
> If I stood into the wind - the front of my shirt was blown dry but
> the back side was
> immediately soak in perspiration.  If I turned around, my back would
> dry and my front
> would get soaked. Now THAT is what I call HOT!)
>
> So my question to the good folks on the PCT-L:  What do you think
> about me doing a
> southbound mini-snippet hike from Warner Springs to S.C. just to get
> this phobia out
> of the way ... and then return some other year to start anew at Warner
Springs?
>
> I'm picking a southbound direction because downhill always seems
> easier than uphill.
> Please confirm that I'm reading my topos correctly.  :-)
>
> If I were to do this, what months in the Spring and/or Fall would you
> recommend?
>
> Thanks for all your input.
>
> -Al "album" Nelson
>
>
>
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