Re: [pct-l] a strange question

[Ty <ty@vr6.com>]

So regardless if I take off for a couple days and then return where I 
left off to continue up to Manning, I could still be called a 
thruhiker.  Is this correct?

Ty

At 1:03 PM -0800 11/5/99, Joanne Lennox wrote:
>I notice in your definition:"hiked all the way", there is not a qualifying
>clause that says that you
>can't do something else or go somewhere else along the way. If there were
>such a clause, it would be impossible to resupply.  Every diversion away
>from the trail is however time out of that on the trail  and may make it
>more difficult to cover the miles  IN ONE SEASON in order to make it to
>Canada and become a thruhiker.  As Meadow Ed said this spring"Everybody is
>a section hiker until they get to Manning (S to N)"
>
>Goforth
>----------
>  > From: Ty <ty@vr6.com>
>  > To: PCT-L@backcountry.net
>  > Subject: Re: [pct-l] a strange question
>  > Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 11:53 AM
>  >
>  > I was thinking that it meant you were someone that hiked all the way.
>  > But of course I could be completely incorrect.
>  >
>  > Ty
>  >
>  > At 11:44 AM -0800 11/5/99, Joanne Lennox wrote:
>  > >What is your definition of a thruhiker?
>  > >
>  > >Goforth
>  > >
>  > >----------
>  > >  > From: Ty <ty@vr6.com>
>  > >  > To: PCT-L@backcountry.net
>  > >  > Subject: [pct-l] a strange question
>  > >  > Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 10:23 AM
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Everyone,
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Here is my strange situation.  I am most likely planning on doing
>the
>  > >  > entire PCT in 2001.  But a month into it I need to be back home for
>a
>  > >  > prior obligation which will only last a couple of days.  So I would
>  > >  > need to stop the hike for a few days and then resume afterwards.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > As for my question, would my stopping for these few of days be
>  > >  > considered against myself as being a true thru hiker?  Does this
>make
>  > >  > sense?
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Thanks for all your time,
>  > >  > Ty
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