[pct-l] thru hike

[Dennis Phelan]

I think this is one of those academic argurments that makes no real
difference.  The person doing the hiking knows if they are a thru-hiker or
not.  If they need to be off the trail for sometime; they know if their
thru-hike is done or not.  Who else really cares except the hiker?

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net>wrote:

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>
> Note that one is a "thru-hiker" while attempting  to do the entire trail in
> one season.  I was a thru-hiker until I got to Sonora Pass in 2010, then I
> became an unsuccessful thru-hiker.  When you complete the PCT in one season,
> you move from being a "thru-hiker" to having done a "thru-hike", in common
> usage.
>
>
>
> In 2011 and subsequent years, I'm "just" a section hiker.
>
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>
> Mango
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> From: "JoAnn" <jomike at cot.net>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:38:54 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] thru hike
>
> to follow up, the AT community debates this often. The ATC has some
> criteria for the designation of a hiker as a 2000-miler, but not
> specifically for a thru-hiker.
>
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> I agree with the AT’s definition.
>
> When I came on board with the list about 12 years ago, I think I always
> heard a thru hike as Mexico to Canada or the opposite direction; with days
> taken off (zeros or whatever you call them; “zero” was not a term used 12
> years ago); somewhere between spring and fall; covering the entire trail (as
> it was laid out that specific year).
>
> are we there yet
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