[pct-l] Mileage

[Linda Sheehan]

I am an old time hiker and have always hiked the way she says. Once you get
going on a long hike, it just goes day by day making or losing miles. One
thing I try to avoid is only thinking about town food on the last few miles
otherwise I 'd go mad; that last mile before the road or exit has to be the
longest!!
Linda S.

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:06 AM, David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Agreed,  It was always a great feeling to end up your last day before a
> trail town just a few miles from town - ready to strike for breakfast in
> the morning.   You  could hit breakfast, do town choirs, hit lunch, and
> head back out in the late afternoon with a fresh meal ready for dinner, my
> favorites -- subs, salads, pizza, etc.
>
> I also always get a chuckle at the folks that check the elevation profiles
> every day - with the thoughts dread of another steep hill climb that day.
> For me it seemed silly as your going to hike it either way so there is no
> need to really concern yourself about it.
>
> Similar story from the AT.  One day I met up with a weekend hiker and he
> informed me that it was going to rain the next day or so for a couple of
> days.  After we parted I thought about it for a while and realized that
> this new information really made no difference at all - if it didn't rain I
> was going to be hiking, if it did rain I was going to be hiking.
>
>
> Day-Late (taking it a day at a time on the trail and banking those miles
> into a breakfast treat)
>
>
>
> >
> > 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!!!
> >
> >
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