[pct-l] starting from walker pass in late june?

[Scott Williams]

June 25th is not that late.  You may be toward the end of the pack, but you
won't be alone.  I did that section in late September and still found
water.  Be careful and top off before any long dry stretches and you'll be
fine.  The longest dry stretch I found was 20 miles and that was at the end
of summer, not the beginning of it.

Shroomer

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:07 PM, sabra985 <sabra985 at gmail.com> wrote:

> last year i completed my first pct section - campo to walker pass. this
> year, my job has interfered a little more with my hiking schedule than i
> would have liked it to, and my final commitment will be 6/23. if i were to
> aim to be on-trail by 6/25, would that make the final 50 miles to KM
> completely impossible or just extremely unpleasant? i figure that the
> weather will be far more moderate once i get to the sierras - my primary
> concern is starting "so late" in the desert. i need to start thinking
> realistically if i'm going to be section hiking the pct this summer (the
> alternative is to start accepting work - i'm a musician - and then
> configure some amount of free time to allow more local backpacking trips,
> on the AT/LT/etc).
> also, since my thru-hike last year was, clearly, unsuccessful, i've decided
> that i do not want to do sections of the pct "out of order." (on this, my
> mind is made up. do not try to confuse me with the facts.)
> thanks.
> ~evenstar
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