[pct-l] Mileage

[Jeffrey Olson]

Diane really captures a common thru-hiking space in this missive.  I bet 
everyone of us who's been on the trail long enough to routinely reach 
the 20 mpd averages experiences what she describes. For those of us who 
haven't been there yet, what she writes is really, really accurate.  You 
can expect to experience what she describes!!!

Jeff.

On 11/3/2012 11:28 AM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes wrote:
> The whole concept of mileage is sort of crazy if you think about it.
> A mile down in Section A is not the same as a mile up near Forrester
> Pass. A mile in the rain is much different from a mile in the sun. A
> mile at 50 degrees is different from one at 100. A mile with 35lbs on
> your back is different from one with 10lbs. A mile on a road is
> different than one on a trail. And no matter how many miles or
> whether any guide book is right or wrong, the trail always wins. You
> are going to have to hike them all.
>
> One thing you get really good at is banking miles. So you start out
> with 100 miles to your next resupply. You plan for 20 miles a day.
> You do 22 today so yay, that's only 18 you have to do on the last
> day. So tomorrow you do 25 and how that's only 13 you have to do on
> the last day. Maybe you'll be in town in time for lunch. On the third
> day you do 22 again, so now it's only 11 for the last day. Maybe if
> you push tomorrow you can get there for breakfast. On the last day,
> you roll into town in time by 8am in time for breakfast.
>
> On Nov 3, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mileage
>> To: danielzellman at gmail.com
>>
>>>  From all the different data sources I've seen over the last 15 years,
>> the total PCT trail length varies between about 2650 and 2670 miles.
>> Small discrepancies between data sources (apart from
>> fire/flood/environmental/etc detours) like this are pretty common but
>> generally not enough to worry about when it comes to food planning
>> since
>> they only vary between 0-2 miles for a given section...which means you
>> might have to walk an extra hour or so until you reach your resupply.
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