[pct-l] Most Common Causes of Thru-Dropout

[Melanie Clarke]

Dear Jeff,

Ned Tibbits of Mountain Education gives weekend AND week long snow
instruction classes from beginner to expert and everyone I talk to have a
lot of good things to say about his courses.  Even though I spent my
childhood in Minnesota, I still plan to do this course.  I respect snow and
what it can do if you're not careful.  I'm nervous about hiking for days in
the snow of the high Sierra.  I've only done section hikes up to this point
as I'm waiting for retirement to do the entire PCT.  I'll probably do fine
in the snow.  Maybe Ned exists for us overly anxious types.  Seriously, in
Minnesota, I've fallen through ponds and have had to work my way out while
my clothes were fully saturated with water.  It is easy to play all day (or
hike) in the snow while you lose feeling in your fingers and toes while
you're having fun, you don't notice, I never did as a child... etc.

Toga

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Jeff Judd <frotiss_lupus at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just want to give a gargantuan thank you to everyone who responded to
> this inquiry both on and off list.  You've all given me a wealth of
> different angles from which to consider this undertaking.  Your personal
> experiences will be very helpful in examining my psyche on trail I think.
> It all comes down to the individual it seems like.  By which I mean both
> individual fitness and proneness to injury, and the mindset one has both
> going into it and on trail.  All we can ever do is plan and prepare to the
> fullest extent possible, then understand that the best laid schemes of mice
> and men oft go awry.
>
> With that being said I think my wife and I definitely need to get some
> additional experience on snow travel and stream crossings.  We don't get the
> chance to practice that much here in San Diego.  Also, whoever it was that
> gave me the advice to train as much as possible on long, uneven terrain to
> help my joints and ligaments become more resistant to repetitive motion
> injuries, that was a gem.
>
> Much love,
>
> Jeff
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