[pct-l] PCTA is recommending folks postpone or cancel their thru hikes this year.

[Richard Brinkman]

Thank you Marmot!

Let's please not be the spring breakers on the Florida beach ("If I get corona I get corona")  We all have people's lives in our hands.  The risk is too great, and I fear it is going to get much worse and that our hospitals are going to be overrun.

Roadwalker

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From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of marmot marmot
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 4:26 PM
To: virgil; PCT
Subject: Re: [pct-l] PCTA is recommending folks postpone or cancel their thru hikes this year.

I wish this were true but there’s more to think about. Please understand the impact you could have if you pass on the virus from town to town. Maybe ,at the very least, consider starting the the hike later than normal at a place where you might have reached if you had started when you planned. And then do a flip-flop. As much as it is hard to imagine, it will make no difference about how you feel about the hike. I’ve walked across the country 5 times. Thru-hikes ,Myths, section hikes have made it clear to me that there is no one way or best way to do a long distance hike. It’s much more honorable to look clearly at the situation ,make decisions based on doing the least amount of harm and do the hike in a way you can be truly proud. At this time that means staying off the trail. It’s not a joke or something to not take seriously. You could be now or become contagious and not be aware.
It’s impossible to stay clean out there. You will not be able to do what is needed if you touch a contaminated surface. That could even be a smooth rock or a faucet or a sink in the MacDonald’s at hwy 15. 
The plane, bus or train trip could be your exposure point. Right now ,so that more people don’t die, this virus needs to be contained. The next person to die could be your mother or grandmother. 
Marmot

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> On Mar 20, 2020, at 2:10 PM, virgil <virgil at baloney.com> wrote:
> 
> If everybody is going to stay home.... 
> It sounds like a great year to do a thru-hike, no crowds! ;-)
> 
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