[at-l] planning

[cleek@csc.smsu.edu (Billie H. Cleek)]

Good, I'm glad I'm not overlooking some crucial-yet-cryptic process.

Cleek

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 Ramkitten@aol.com wrote:

> My planning consisted of your #'s 1,2,3 and 6. That was about it. I'm usually 
> a big-time planner who's gotten pretty good at dealing with the fact 
> that...well, you know what most often happens to those best laid plans. I 
> didn't have pre-planned maildrops. I resupplied mostly as I went (except for 
> some slide film and gear exchanges). I called ahead to verify non-P.O. 
> maildrop sites if I wanted something shipped to me and then called home to 
> give my husband the info. (I know not everyone has that luxury.) I had no 
> schedule (even though I know most people who do them do so for learning 
> purposes and as some kind of guage on where they are on the trail, so I'm not 
> critiquing). I didn't agonize too too much about gear. Just made choices and 
> figured I'd learn as I went (as with most everything else trail-related and 
> then some) and....I went. I'd been involved with ATML on Trailplace, gone to 
> the Ruck, emailed with people who'd thru-hiked and some who were planning to 
> in 2000, as well, read some AT-related books, watched some videos, so I felt 
> pretty aware of what was goin' on out there. But specific planning? Very 
> little to speak of....and I'm not at ALL sorry.
> 
> Ramkitten
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