[pct-l] Rest Periods During A Thru-Hike

[Charles Williams]

I took breaks regularly out of exhaustion in so cal.  Also in the Sierra as we were switching between climbing and descending with the ski gear.  But after that I was fairly well conditioned and I walked much of Norcal at 30 miles a day without breaks except for a 30 minute lunch break.  It's amazing how many miles go by if you're not sitting on your ass. :)
 
Charles Williams

--- On Tue, 1/24/12, Sir Mixalot <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Sir Mixalot <atetuna at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Rest Periods During A Thru-Hike
To: "mark utzman" <blackbelthiker at gmail.com>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 4:58 PM


5 minutes off every hour is generally how I do it.  It keeps my feet
feeling fresh at the end of the day.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 4:25 PM, mark utzman <blackbelthiker at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
>    I understand the concept of HYOH, I am just trying to learn from
> experienced thru-hikers how they do things. How often do you, on average,
> take breaks from walking? Every hour, every two hours, etc.  If I was to,
> lets say, walk for 2 hours, then take a 10 or 15 minute break, and do that
> every 2 hours, is that reasonable? Or are you powerhiking 4-5 hours at a
> stretch to get your miles in for the day? Yes, you guessed it, I'm an
> inexperienced long distance backpacker, but as I have said, I WANT TO LEARN
> FROM YOU.  Taking frequent breaks is, I think, going to be an important
> strategy for me to be able to pull this thru-hike off, unless taking too
> many breaks will take TOO MUCH time to complete such a hike. I appreciate
> any and all responses. Thank you,  Mark
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