[pct-l] your experiences with fear on the trail

[helen walsh]

I'm a young newbie as well, trying to plan out a long hike this summer, and
was wondering along the same lines of fear and experience about solo
hiking. I live in an area where nobody really does this sort of thing, and
would ultimately like to spend some time alone on the trail anyway. Any
advice for an 18 yr. old female strking it out Muir- style?
Lenny

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

>
> On Dec 30, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > Actually, Sonora Pass was pretty scary as a whole. Truly the last
> > "pass." Don't underestimate it, and don't be a ******* idiot like moi!
>
> I forgot about Sonora Pass. I still have not done it. When I went
> through, I got lost and went over Emigrant pass instead. I was a
> little worried about that at first, but I was following a trail for a
> while and some footsteps and I was going north so no matter what I
> figured I ought to run into the highway eventually. Sure enough, it
> all worked out, plus I got some ice cream at Kennedy Meadows north.
> So all-in-all, not scary, but maybe scary is what happens when you
> have time to build the fears up beforehand.
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