[pct-l] Greenhorn

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

1. Read this list for the next 3 years, or until your hike.
2. BUY Yogi's PCT Handbook, 08 verson, and study (damn -just like  college) 
it thoroughly.
3. BUY the S CA Guidebook the year before your hike, but check with  
Wilderness Press to see when they're going to revise it; or, buy it now and  start 
reading.
4. Buy a PCT map set cd; there are a couple I believe.
5. Start planning now!
6. There ain't much to hang a hammock from in S CA, and you don't want your  
nightly stops dictated by a couple trees you find at 3 PM.
7. As an alternative, you could start long section hikes now, in your  
summers, and have 75% of it done by the time you graduate.
8. I did the AT first, because it's the most crowded of the Triple Crown  
three; that won't change in the coming years; you might consider it also,  and 
everything above would apply - with only the names changed. Also, Yogi  doesn't 
have an AT Handbook.
9. Do one trail while you're in college; do a 2nd the summer after college;  
do the 3rd the next summer or asap; and you could have a Triple Crown by  age 
25. 
 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

In a message dated 6/9/2008 10:19:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
kczarling at mail.utexas.edu writes:
 
Howdy  Folks!

I'm Keenan Zarling from Austin, Texas.  I stumbled upon the  PCT a while back 
and
recently I've decided to hike it the summer after I  graduate from Uni.  
That's
still about two to three years off, so I've  got plenty of time to
train/prepare.  I figured I'd send any open  invitation for advice, resources
for information/gear, or  anecdotes.

One question that I've been thinking about: I currently have  a Hennessy 
Hammock
that has worked out great for me, but at the beginning  of the trip in So-Cal,
are there enough trees (or equivalent) to hang my  hammock  from?

Cheers,

Keenan


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