[pct-l] Hi form the HIKEPLAN guy

[JYates2719@aol.com]

Greetings!  My name is Jack Yates.  I am a member of PCTA and have served as 
vice president in the past.   I have hiked pieces of the PCT but, at my age, 
will probably not live long enough to do it all.  
 
So, as a hobby I have developed a program to estimate hiking times between 
points on the PCT (as taken from the Manual) with suggested camping spots, 
noted water sources and other bits of information.   It is a tool that has 
assisted many hikers (about 40) who have used it as a first guess for setting 
blocks of time for planning.   Needed for completing a HIKEPLAN are:  Level 
hiking rate in miles per hour, climbing rate in feet per hour, desired 
minimum and average hiking day in hours, and entry, exit and resupply points 
on the PCT.

The HIKEPLAN has been featured twice in the PCTA Communicator.

I will be happy to prepare a  HIKEPLAN for anyone contemplating a partial or 
through hike on the PCT.   Just provide the required data and your name and 
address.   If its a short one, I can attach it as a file on e-mail, but 
longer ones usually require snail mail.

A further thought:   I don't see why the HIKEPLAN program and data base 
couldn't be at somebody's web site so that anyone could operate it.  I, 
however, don't have the expertise to do this.

Best regards, Jack



  
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