[pct-l] Washington re-route(s)

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

Yeah, I remember you telling me this.

I was there when Mr. Zip was there. Do you remember him? He was going  
on and on about the big log over the river. I tried to keep quiet,  
but I think I worried about it more than he did. You told him to stop  
being a wuss and that if a 10 year old little girl could do it he  
could do it. I still didn't think I could do it. I've seen what those  
10 year old girls can do on the balance beam!

But I weighed everything I heard. Your stories of people getting lost  
on the reroute and having to get rescued, Southbounder  
recommendations (they all recommended staying on the PCT), the  
ranger's recommendation (she swore she hiked that reroute all the  
time and it was "God's country") and everything I could find. I  
finally took the regular PCT and was so happy I did.

Diane

On Feb 5, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Andrea Dinsmore wrote:

> Unfortunately ther Forest Service is not always up on the lastest  
> good reccomendations for the PCT here in Washington. The last few  
> years they were demanding all PCT hikers use the official reroute  
> north of Steven's to Stehekin. They had only worked on the original  
> trail not the reroute. The few hikers who followed the Forest  
> Service advice did not make it through on the Steven's end and had  
> to back track. Listen to the SOBO hikers of this season.
>
> PCT MOM