[pct-l] The Herd

[Pea Hicks]

another thought occurred to me that i don't recall seeing brought up 
here before...

what about actively promoting alternate strategies to hiking the entire 
trail in one season, other than the classic mex->can nobo? now, i'm not 
necessarily talking about just promoting the can->mex sobo thru-hike, 
but coming up with creative flip-flop plans that may actually optimize 
the weather issues even more ideally than either a nobo or sobo thru-hike.

i haven't given it much thought/analysis, but does anyone have any 
specific ideas along these lines that should work out well in an average 
weather year? if so, maybe some sort of gathering(s) can be organized 
around alternate start dates/places to encourage folks to think out of 
the box a bit more.

sure, even if good alternates are suggested, there will always be those 
who want the pure one-way thru-hike experience. but as the trail traffic 
problem grows, i think many will be interested in looking at alternate 
models to disperse things a bit more, especially if it can be shown that 
such alternatives can help mitigate weather issues as well as 
accommodate a wider range of overall hiking schedules.

thoughts?



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