[pct-l] Pack base weight - Mojave / Tehachapi

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

That's the beauty of the whole thing. By the time you get to  
Tehachapi/Mojave you realize that all your meticulous planning hardly  
matters. You can add more mail drops in between, take some away, find  
opportunities to slack-pack and change your plans without freaking  
out. That's when you realize that trail life has become simply Life.

On Jan 30, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:31:51 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pack base weight - Mojave / Tehachapi
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> Here's a variation that worked well for me in 2010. ?I hitched into  
> Mojave on Oak Creek rd (long hitch).? The next day I did chores and  
> got somebody to slack me between Oak Creek and?Hwy 58.? The third  
> day I hitched out to the PCT at Tehachapi Pass and started n  
> orthward, rested and overloaded.?? Two nights of motel, town food,  
> resupply, laundry, and made miles all three days.
>
> Mango?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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>
> From: "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net>
> To: "PCT listserve" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 5:49:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pack base weight
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> Piper points out one of the many logistic decisions that a long- 
> distance
> hiker must make