[pct-l] Chaos On The PCT

Wed Mar 2 10:52:25 CST 2011

OK, we're totally hijacking this topic now, but...

I'd be surprised if hammocking affected how far one hiked very often. One of
the biggest benefits of hammocking is it allows more options for where to
camp. You just need two trees 15'-20' apart. The ground doesn't need to be
level at all. In fact, some of my favorite campsites have been on steep
slopes :)

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Did she have to cut a lot of hiking days short?
>
> Last year hiking with John he had a hammock and slept on the ground every
> night of the 6 in a row we camped together
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On 2011-03-02, at 11:41 AM, "James F. Miller" <jamesfmiller at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have a friend who used a hammock. she slept on the ground two nights on
> the entire trail.
> >
> > > From: paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com
> > > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:29:58 -0500
> > > To: hikelite at gmail.com
> > > CC: pct-l at backcountry.net; DTow at americanriverbank.com
> > > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Chaos On The PCT
> > >
> > > There are places you cannot hang a hammock....
> > >
> > > ... But if you want to just cowboy camp those sections you can bring a
> hammock instead of a tent
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPod
> > >
> > > On 2011-03-02, at 1:56 AM, Kevin Cook <hikelite at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > If I choose NOT to sleep on the floor can I still be a thru hiker
> this year
> > > > (I'm a hammocker after all and we don't do "the ground" if at all
> possible)?
> > > > LOL
> > > >
> > > > Loved this post too!
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Melanie Clarke <
> melaniekclarke at gmail.com>wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I enjoyed this as well! I've enjoyed the comedy and amused by the
> > > >> personalities on the PCT-L.
> > > >>
> > > >> This is my first Kick Off. How rowdy do these things get? I mean,
> this
> > > >> will be a classier event than Burning Man right? I've never been to
> > > >> Burning
> > > >> Man but my neighbor has and I hear the stories...
> > > >>
> > > >> Melanie
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Tow, Doug <
> DTow at americanriverbank.com
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> PCT PARTICIPANT PANIC OFFICIALLY SETS IN
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Western United States - With the arrival of March, the low fever of
> a
> > > >>> few has developed into a full-blown panic of hundreds, as hikers
> > > >>> anticipate and prepare for their Pacific Crest Trail departure.
> Rumors
> > > >>> abound of grown men and women sleeping on the floor, walking in the
> > > >>> freezing rain, and packing and repacking their gear.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Homeland security has gone to alert Orange in response to email
> chatter
> > > >>> about "resupply buckets," "bounce boxes," and, most alarming of
> all, the
> > > >>> best way to "protect my pack" at airport check-in. In an attempt
> not to
> > > >>> alert authorities, suspects are advising their adherents to avoid
> flying
> > > >>> with Bic lighters, hexamine tablets, and isobutane. There appears
> to be
> > > >>> an indecipherable code in use nicknamed
> > > >>> ADZPCTKOMYGODMYPACKCANTWEIGHSEVENTEENFRIGGINPOUNDSOMGOMGOMG.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Paranormal activity is on the rise as well. Incredible stories of
> > > >>> "angels" and "beautiful oases in the desert" and feet spontaneously
> > > >>> growing as much as 2 1/2 sizes are rampant.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> "I don't know what's going on," commented San Diego grocery store
> owner
> > > >>> Sal Fishburn, "but I got these wild-eyed people asking how long my
> > > >>> tortillas stay fresh. How should I know? Don't folks just buy them
> and
> > > >>> eat them? Then, those loonies see how many of them they can stuff
> in
> > > >>> this big blue plastic keg thingie. Geez!"
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Shroomer, Steel-Eye, and Halfmile, whose real names are being
> withheld
> > > >>> pending notification of next of kin, have made valiant attempts to
> calm
> > > >>> raw nerves, to no avail.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> byline Doug Tow
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