[pct-l] WIlliamson Record Attempt

Andrea Dinsmore andrea at dinsmoreshikerhaven.com
Sat Aug 24 11:44:13 CDT 2013


Snap...........

I bet Scott does it the way the trail is "laid out". Closed or not.

Andrea


On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Frank Dumville <fdumville at earthlink.net>wrote:

> I doubt there has ever been a year when there wasn't some road walk due to
> a trail closure. That would mean hardly anyone has done a thru hike
> according to your standards which seems a bit strict.
>
> I don't believe the PCTA gets involved in these things and rightly so.
>
> Snap
>
> In response to post:
> Look... it's simple... an unassisted record must be the entire trail as it
> is laid out, no road walks due to fire or other closers, no assistance from
> extraneous sources (rides to town or friends meeting one at designated
> points, etc) random acts of trail magic and caches not withstanding...
> Otherwise it isn't a complete thru hike.
>
> We all, or at least the PCTA, need to agree on these guidelines or records
> are, well,  inconsequential....
>
> Your resident purest
>
> Snap
>
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