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

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Breaks are for suckers. I rarely took a break. Hiking the PCT was a  
job and I had the meanest boss ever. Not that I recommend this,  
that's just how it was for me.

On Jan 25, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

>     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