[pct-l] Being joined by friends

[Tortoise]

While it is hard to describe an ideal solution, here are some suggestions:

first, explain how you can't know where you will be when due to your 
condition, trail conditions, weather, etc.

then explain how you MUST do high-mile days in order to reach your goal of 
completing a thru hike and that cutting back your pace for a week would 
hurt your chances for completing this year. It would be like taking a week 
off to do something else.

if the above doesn't work, then you must either tell them you'll hike with 
them another time.


Tortoise

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Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes 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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