[pct-l] Early start

Bob Bankhead wandering_bob at comcast.net
Thu Dec 8 23:56:10 CST 2011


You didn't say where you live or how many mpd you know you can
do....CONSISTENTLY. How many of those 30 days will you have to spend
travelling between home and the trailheads?

Assuming 4 travel days, that leaves 26 days available, but it's unlikely you
will be able to avoid zero days.

Assuming 6 trail days for every zero, that's 6+0+6+0+6+0+5 = 23 actual trail
days and 3 zeros.

At an AVERAGE pace of 15 mpd (can you do that?), you'd cover 345 miles.
At an AVERAGE pace of 17 mpd (can you do that?), you'd cover 391 miles.
At an AVERAGE pace of 20 mpd (can you do that?), you'd cover 460 miles. 
Expect less, maybe significantly less, depending on weather and reroutes.

Wrightwood is about 380 miles from Campo. Your next exit point is Aqua Dulce
at about 475 (too far?). No easy outs in between.

Unless you have a vehicle meeting you, pay very close attention to the
availability of public transportation. It gets more sparse the further north
you go.

  





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