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[Timothy Nye]

With respect to registration for Kick Off, don't worry.  Thru hikers are always welcome and a place found in order to accommodate them.  I would still attempt to notify them or reserve a place, perhaps through your hiking partner, friend or family member as logistics for Kick Off are likely to become inexorably more complicated as more thrus make the attempt.  Incidentally, there is a ride board that will hopefully allow you to catch a ride from, and back to, whichever point on the trail you have reached at the time Kick Off starts.

I would suggest that you might want to reconsider having too early a start date  depending on when specifically you were thinking of beginning  Generally, there is more than enough time to get to Kennedy Meadows for a timely transit through the Sierra, if you depart from Lake Moreno after the ADZPCTKO. Otherwise, two months for 700 miles could be a bit much unless you're planning to get in hiking shape on the trail itself. If you haven't done a long distance hike before you'll be amazed how much ground you'll cover after a few weeks on the trail.

What would make me endorse an early start is if you were coming directly from England and it was a hot year in the desert, which, in any event, is more often than not forested mountains or wooded hills. However, if you're coming from having spent time recently in Ethiopia, I assume that you'll be fairly well acclimated to the conditions that you'll encounter.

Just my two cents.

Gourmet

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On Nov 4, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Rob Flynn <rob.flynn at live.com> wrote:

> I used Yogi's and Halfmile's maps for my thru-hike this year; I also noticed many others using this combination.  Check out the info on the PCTA.org website for some other pertinent stuff.
> 
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> From: israh Goodall
> Sent: 11/4/2012 1:56 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> 
> Hello
> 
> Hope you are well..
> 
> 
> I am excited to say that the planning is in full swing now and we plan to
> come this april (2013) to walk northbound along the PCT!
> We are two girlies from the UK-right now its a cold and wintery eve here
> and the thought of trekking in the desert seems such a far away thing- but
> we are so happy !
> 
> The only problem I am having is that everyone's comments and ideas and
> books and blogs are all so confusing because they can sometimes be
> conflicting
> 
> I really need to clarify some issues- and hope over time this will come.
> I hope you dont mind me asking a few things to you to help with planning.
> 
> 1)Its hard to know this side what is the best cooking type to get-
> according to what gas/petrol or other fuel is available- could you please
> recommend a good stove/fuel type.
> 
> 2)Also do you know about how we can get back into the usa after walking
> over the border into Canada- in order to catch the flight home- is there a
> special permit which allows for this? has anyone had experience of doing
> this?
> 
> 3)Has anyone got a good website for someone who has done it in 6 months- to
> help with prepping camp/fuel stock points?
> 
> 4)Is it really necessary to still send food parcels and would you have the
> up-to date places that definitely need these- as there are so many
> different ideas about this on the net and in books i have read- with some
> people saying you don't need to send food parcels ahead and others saying
> you definitely do.
> 
> 5)We will be hoping to arrive in april and walk some of the section before
> the meet up in the south- it looks like you have to register for this- I am
> going to be away in Ethiopia working and will not be able to do this -
> unless I can register now- but i cant seem to find the link- could you help
> in this?
> 
> Thank you all so so so much
> 
> Love from the UK
> 
> Israh
> 
> I have the Cicerone book - which is great- and it says that you dont need
> to have maps if you have the book. However- i am a firm lover of a map and
> compass and I would be nervous not to have this (as i am not taking a gps)
> could you recommend maps that would allow for use of a compass...
> 
> I cant thank you enough
> really really thank you
> 
> israhxxxxx :)
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