[pct-l] Anyone plan on starting slow?

[John Abela]

I think you mis-read what he wrote...

"10mi the first week"

Key word there is "week".

I think most folks could crawl on all four and do 10 miles in a week. Dude
must be planning to spend about an hour on the trail and kicking back the
rest of the day.

Hopefully he typed that wrong... but if not, I doubt he will make it before
snow closes him in. At his rate he'll spend over 130 weeks (2.5 years) on
the trail.


On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Kevin <hikelite at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's my plan, except even slower. The only reason I'll do 10 mile days
> the first week would be to reach water. If the snow is bad, I'll go even
> slower. I consider myself reasonably fit, but I want to give my body as much
> time as possible to leg it adapt to hiking everyday. I know I can do 8-10
> mile days, with 40-45 lbs, for several days in a row. I need to let my body
> get used to doing that every day, and then start raiding the number of daily
> miles once I feel I no longer mind carrying a pack every day. I honestly
> don't anticipate hitting a 20 mile daily average for at least 5 weeks. My
> thought is I should be physically adapted for that around Kennedy Meadows.
> Just in time to be slowed down by the Sierras. :). I'm trying to reassure
> myself that living at 7000 ft will help me deal with the altitude, but I
> know all those weeks down low will negate that benefit. :(
>
> When are you leaving? I'm planning to start on 4/20 (my 40th). Maybe we
> will start slow together. :)
>
> Misspellings and typos brought to you by iPhone.
>
> On Dec 26, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Michael Pinkus <mikepinkus at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello All,
> > I'm a 43 year old guy who is a fairly experienced hiker. I'm concerned
> about cumulative damage. Is any of the Class of 2011 thinking of going slow
> the first weeks? Like 10mi the first week, 15mi the second and then up to
> the 20's? I'd love to hear your thoughts. As of today, I've parked my truck
> and will walk everywhere for everything until my start date of the 26th.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Mike
> >
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