[pct-l] Hiking the PCT wihout a shelter?

[David]

And if you were hiking in Oregon this November you'd have been hiking
for 28 days straight now ;-)

On 11/28/06, Brian McLaughlin <bmclaughlin at bigplanet.com> wrote:
> > If it were raining, the shelterless hiker would probably have to
> > hike until it dried out, to keep body temperature up until the
> > rain stopped.
>
> Perhaps in Oregon, but especially in Washington State during
> September, the shelterless hiker might need to hike for about
> 100 hours continuously to accomplish this feat. Then again,
> the shelterless hiker might be exceptionally lucky (and never
> know how lucky they were) and survive their shelterless thru-hike
> without major problems of this sort.
>