[pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 23, Issue 63

[bighummel at aol.com]

Ditto!  What Scott said.  Your Sierra entry date is dependent upon your knowledge and previous experience on snow.  Like a big wall climber in Yosemite, don't push beyond your limits of experience and knowledge without understanding the potential dire consequences.


Greg Hummel


" Best to travel light, carry little, keep it simple."
Message: 11Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:42:10 -0800From: "Postholer" <public at postholer.com>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Kick-Off/The Herd/& associated angstTo: <pct-l at backcountry.net>Message-ID: <03ca01ca6cc0$7de2b2d0$24aef942 at Snoopy>Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"> Don't you mean "You probably won't know that until you have completed the hike"?No, spring before you leave is when you should know. Either you have experience hiking in snow or you don't.A person with experience hiking/navigating in snow will probably have little concern about leaving early.Someone who has never navigated in a snow choked forest and has never walked any distance on snow, will probably feel the need to wait for it to melt out a bit.April 1st snow conditions in the southern Sierra is a good indication of what your desired start date will be, depending on your abilities.-postholer