[pct-l] Late Start 2014

[Michael Slusser]

Thanks, all. These echo the thoughts and plans in my head, but not having
done this monstrous and wonderful thing before, I was growing concerned. I
had planned 20 miles a day on average, and have been training for the past
six months or so.

Gary, I want to do the whole thru-hike--and preferably from one end to the
other in a solid line--for a whole host of reasons, including all the
cliches: proving to myself I can do it, the spiritual pilgrimage, the sense
of epic journey... Because I really want to, in the final analysis.

~M


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:06 PM, karl jorgensen <twizstix at gmail.com> wrote:

> I hiked the trail in 2006 and did not start until May 8 and finished on
> Sept 9.   It is very doable..   I took a lot of zeros waiting for snow to
> melt in California as it was a heavy snow year.  The key to to be in
> reasonable shape to start and hike.  Set a goal of 20 or more miles each
> day and it is very easy to do in 4 months, and you can be off the trail
> before mother nature starts throwing snow in Washington.
>
> jorgy  06
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Michael Slusser <
> michael.slusser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> So, with all the discussion about the dangers of getting through
>> Washington
>> in late September, as I'm considering a first time thru-hike next year,
>> I'm
>> becoming slightly concerned.
>>
>> I can carve out a block of time for the hike next year, but the earliest I
>> can start is May 16. I recognize this is late, but many guides suggested
>> this was still within a window of possibility if I were to press on with
>> determination. Now I seek the collective wisdom of the list to chime in on
>> the truth of that.
>>
>> As a note, I had considered going southbound, allowing for the later
>> start,
>> but (a) I have very little snow navigation and camping experience, and the
>> descriptions of the Washington high passes at the start is rather
>> intimidating, and (b) somehow the idea of ending up in So Cal rather than
>> Canada in October is depressing.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ~M
>>
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