[pct-l] Pct-l Being joined by friends

[hstabler at marzetti.com]

 Hi, when I hiked the AT, I had friends join me. I ended up having to
take a zero to wait for them cause I got to the planned meeting place
ahead of schedule and then when  we actually started hiking, they made
it an astonishing TWO, yes I said two miles before they decided that was
as far as they wanted to go.   At any rate, I was still happy they
wanted to be a part of my adventure and had fun while they were there,
but going forward, I strongly discouraged anyone else from joining me.

Heather
 aka Peter Pan
GA-ME 05



Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Being joined by friends (G. Lowe aka Wheeew)
   2. Snow in the Cascades.......... (Andrea Dinsmore)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:35:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: "G. Lowe aka Wheeew" <gailpl2003 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l]
To: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>,
	PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Message-ID: <824447.33740.qm at web33208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Diane,
   
  Thank you for asking this very poignant question.  It is an issue that
a lot of LD hikers have to deal with.  Personally, I find it very
frustrating to have folks join me that aren't up to speed.  We can all
feel guilty about that, but the fact remains.......it's not fun.  I try
to discourage people from joining me on my hikes.  The problem is that
everyone wants to share in the thrill, and who can blame them.....but
they often don't realize, nor are they up to, the rigors of a jaunt in
the mountains.  You have to weigh the pros and cons of the friendship vs
the hike.  It's a difficult choice.  But it's your hike, and possibly a
once in a life time chance.  You should be able to HYOH....IMO.
   
  Wheeew

Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
  I have some friends who have heard I'm doing the PCT and now they want
to meet me places along the hike and hike with me.

My problem is that I have never done the PCT so I have no idea what a
reasonable mileage for me will be as the hike progresses (this problem
is also making it difficult to estimate my resupply stops). 
So it's not really possible for me to say "meet me here at such-and-
such date". I could probably do that after I'm already on the move and
have a better idea, but I still think that I won't be able to be
absolutely precise in a way that allows people to tell their bosses
exactly what days they need to take off.

My other problem is that I worry that once I'm up to high mileage days
that I'll be forced to do 8 mile days to accommodate my friends. 
I suppose this isn't a huge problem since I don't intend to go all the
way to Canada, but I'm not known for being good at slowing down. 
This could throw off my resupply schedule a bit, too.

Has anybody experienced this situation of friends coming along during
the hike? Does it work ok?
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:36:43 -0700
From: "Andrea Dinsmore" <zaqueltooocool at gmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Snow in the Cascades..........
To: "pct back country" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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STEVEN'S PASS, WA.  AS OF MARCH 26, 2008.    CURRENTLY SNOWING
Snow Report

Base Snow Depth
      *Base* *Top* Snow Depth 124'' / 314.96cm 150'' / 381cm

New Snow
      *Depth* Since 4am  At 4pm  Last 12 Hours 1'' / 2.54cm Last 24
Hours 1''
/ 2.54cm Last 7 Days 15'' / 38.1cm This Season 517'' / 1313.18cm

PCT MOM


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