[pct-l] Hiking Speed

[Ken Powers]

You might try Mail Drops page in TrailJournals.com for PCT hikes. For 
example our PCT2000 hike ( 
http://www.trailjournals.com/maildrop.cfm?trailname=4371 ) has the mileages 
and actual arrival dates for all our re-supply points.

Our crude method of planning re-supplies is to plan 20 miles/day. If we have 
a few miles remainder we figure hiking into the re-supply with no food. The 
only time we have been seriously short of food was one long, seriously bad 
section of the Idaho Centennial Trail in 2010. We sometimes drop extra food 
into hiker boxes where they exist.

Ken
www.GottaWalk.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alphabetsoup" <alphabetsoupmmm at gmail.com>
To: "Matthew Edwards" <Hetchhetchyman at aol.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hiking Speed


Thanks iceaxe,

This is exactly what I was wanting to know!

See ya on the trail!

-Soup

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Matthew Edwards 
<Hetchhetchyman at aol.com>wrote:

> Here is a real example from my hike. I was in superb shape when I started
> but it was my first Long Distance Hike.
> I used my journal and my class bandana for mileages and dates.
> I had an insane case of Giardiasis from KM to Echo Lake and i know that
> slowed me down a bit.
> So for So-Cal i went from Campo mile 0 April17 to Kennedy meadows mile 702
> June 3rd   14.6 MPD
> The Sierra took me from Kennedy Meadows mile702 June 3rd to Echo Lake mile
> 1094 july 4th 13MPD
> Then i went from Echo Lakemile 1094 July 4th to Ashland ORmile 1726 Aug 
> 1st
> thats like  23 MPD
> Then I went from Ashland Aug 1st 1726 to Cascade Locks aug 19th 2155 23 
> MPD
> Cascade locks mile 2155 August 19th to Manning Park British Columbia mile
> 2665 September13 2009 21MPD
> So Socal was about 15MPD
> Sierra was about 13 MPD
> Norcal was about 23 MPD
> Oregon was about 23 MPD
> Washington was abotu 21 MPD
>
> This inculdes all zeros, neros.. everything averaged in.
> My fastest day was in 41 miles on the way to Carter Lake Oregon.
> All things considered I wish I could have gone faster through So Cal than 
> I
> did but I was having way to much fun.
> By Washington wished I could have slowed down but I was having way too 
> much
> fun.
> -Iceaxe
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