[pct-l] Bringing friends to hike part of the trail - could use some suggestions

[Phil Baily]

I was not trying to mislead anyone. In 2004, I took the first shuttle 
to the border and was back before 3 o'clock (Some people were 
faster.) and I was in  no shape to thru-hike 20+ days with a pack on. 
I went home the next day as planned. I figured that the average 
thru-hiker would be in much better shape. However, I guess they get 
in shape as time goes on. As I recall, there is a shady place to rest 
at the creek before going up Hauser and, in 2004, there was a guy 
with water at the top of Hauser. Is that an annual occurrence? Maybe 
this year there will be cloud cover. (Be optimistic.) Even if you 
don't get to the lake until 6 or 7, so what? Anyway, I guess the 
alternatives are laid out and people can hike their own hike.

Pieces

P.S. If someone wants motivation, I was 62 in 2004 when I walked this piece.


At 03:02 PM 1/2/07, Paul Mitchell wrote:
>Nice try Pieces ... I fell for that last time!
>
>;-)
>
>My soft city-boy ass is camping at Hauser creek next time.
>
> > If you go to ADZPCTKO there is early morning transportation to the
>border so you can walk back to Lake Morena with only lunch and water
>and be there in mid-afternoon. Without a pack, that is not a bad walk.