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[pct-l] Fithy Hobos

    Here from there. Here at Burrs home  in Ridgecrest CA. I must be the only
thru hiker this year with a mail drop in this great town. It is well worth the
hitchhike from Walker Pass to here for a maildrop,best town stop for me so far.
Many thru hikers seem to be in denial over the snow in the Sierra Nevada. Some
hikers simply say they are going thru no matter what. As for myself and a few
other realists we are going around the Sierra for now and will be back around
mid August to avoid the hundreds of miles of snow bound trail.
    This hobo is headed to Ashland OR. and hiking north. Angus is planning to
hike as far north as possible, Wing And A Prayer plans to hike thru the Sierra,
Kojak went up to WA. to hike south, Tradja is planning to hike thru also, Kevin
Oleary is headed north to hike south from the B.C. border, Molly and Kelly have
not made up their minds. Everyone is going their own way, not a banner year for
hiking the PCT.
    Water has not been a problem this year. The springs and creeks have been
running well the entire way even in  some really usually dry places. Snow was
long and deep in a few places adding up to about 40 to 50 miles of the 650 miles
from the border to here. Some of that snow must still pose a problem for hikers
coming thru. Some of us where stuck in Idyllwild CA for a week or so due to a
storm that dumped snow around mothers day. At one point it rained for four days
in a row. I got rained on going thru the usually dry San Fillippe Mountains.

Chris Heald

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