[pct-l] Time

[Mike Chapman]

Well this sounds of a reality tv challenge,someone call discovery
channel,and lets call M Burnett from surviver and get a boatload of
cash for the winner. How about the few that enter get full support
from a helicopter. I know id watch,and id have my money on the current
record holder from truckee(imagine the new record,with full support
and the smell of a giant bag of motivation cash!),unless the kenyans
get involved,or some crazy firefighter,those dudes fly up hills with
giant packs! O.K. sorry,my brain just has too much imagination
sometimes,Hike on,no matter the time you have.

On 1/7/11, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
<diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
> I am going to go ahead and just say it: No, it is not possible to
> hike 45 miles a day with no zeros in order to complete the hike in 2
> months. Of those who have come close, most already know the trail and
> spend their lives alternating between hiking the trail and working
> out for hiking the trail. Basically, if you have to ask if it's
> possible to hike 2663 miles in 2 months you aren't someone who can do
> it.
>
> It is worth quitting your job -- if you know the risks. A thru hike
> is not always a resume enhancer. Many companies see it as evidence
> you were disloyal to the system, not focused on your career. It may
> be a career ender in more ways than one.
>
> There is a risk that hiking 2663 miles will change you enough you
> don't care about careers anymore. It's not a bad idea to have back-up
> plans in the back of your mind. Are you willing to live on minimum
> wage jobs? Are you willing to change careers? In this economy, are
> you willing and able to be unemployed without benefits? (It is okay
> to answer yes, by the way. We have been very conditioned to fear
> those things at all costs.)
>
> The "two months and see how far you can go" option is a good one. I
> hiked three months at a time two years in a row with part-time jobs
> in between to do my hike.  I had every bit as much of a fantastic,
> thru-hiking adventure as anyone, just without the thru-hike. Plus, my
> adventure wasn't a one-shot deal. I got to be part of trail life two
> years in a row. I did a little bit more the third year, too, so I was
> actually a part of three years. Maybe I will do more this year and be
> part of a fourth. See? This is how the trail destroys you. It becomes
> life itself and all the rest of this BS is just waiting for life.
>
> (About me: I quit my high pay, dot-com, corporate job, and then the
> trail experience made me quit my career even though I am still doing
> the same kind of work and even taking classes to enhance my skills.
> I'm not careerist, though, and see all of it as "looking busy" and
> "paying the bills" and "keeping doors open" until I can get on the
> PCT again.)
>
> Diane
> On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:11 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> Hello fellow PCTers!  I'm supper psyched about tentatively through
>> hiking the PCT next April 2012. I mentioned plans to hike this an
>> need for 4.5 months off. At the time he said no problem. I recently
>> brought this subject up to check with him and he was shocked by the
>> required time needed.  Is it possible to hike 45 miles a day with
>> no zeros in order to complete the hike in 2 months OR do most agree
>> this adventure is worth quitting their job for?  I want to embark
>> on this amazing adventure sooo badly!
>> If I had done this right, I would have timed this hike in between
>> jobs back in 2008!
>>
>> Mike
>
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