[pct-l] While we slept last night... Two SOBO thru hikers reachedTehachapi! They are going to do it!

[Gail Van Velzer]

Very exciting.  We might even see them on the trail.  We'll be going north 
from North Fork about the same time.
Golly
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paint Your Wagon" <n801yz at hotmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 6:52 PM
Subject: [pct-l] While we slept last night... Two SOBO thru hikers 
reachedTehachapi! They are going to do it!


> Shawn Forry and Jason Lichter left Canada,
> sometime ago-
> in order to thru hike the PCT SOBO throughout the winter.
>
> Here’s the beef!
>
> From Justin’s blog today- Feb. 9th, 2015. (current)
>
> We made it to Tehachapi Wil­low Springs Road yes­ter­day evening to 
> com­plete the next stretch.
> We have been on clear trail for the last the the days and have been able 
> to do 30+ miles per day once again.
> We expect clear trail to con­tinue for at least the next 150 miles also.
> It is great to not have to nav­i­gate and pay close atten­tion to where 
> you are headed all of the time.
> We have been going through some of the drier stretches of the trail and 
> have had a cou­ple of water­less stretches of nearly 30 miles.
> It’s amaz­ing how fast the tran­si­tion from wet, high ele­va­tion 
> Sier­ras to dry hap­pens on the trail.
> About 560 miles to go now!
>
> http://www.justinlichter.com/blog/
>
> http://www.shawnforry.com/Margin_Walker...A_Hikers_Chronicles/Welcome.html
>
> http://www.pcta.org/2015/meet-two-guys-winter-thru-hiking-pct-19-incredible-photos-26687/
>
> I’m no expert, but this is pretty spectacular.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> PaintYW
>
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