[pct-l] tarp, tent, or nothing

[jape@xxxxxxxxxxx (jape)]

Tony DiLorenzo wrote:

> All three of these are great for the PCT.  I used them
> all on my thru-hike in 2000 and will give you why.
>
> >From the border to Kennedy Meadows you can go without
> a tent or tarp

At the kickoff of 2002, there was rain two days out of three, with a
fair to middlin' gully whomper Friday night.

For another picture of weather opportunities in the Southland, click on
this link from the PCTA site:
        http://www.pcta.org/images/photo/tarptent_jpg.jpg

The link below is from April 12, 1999 and describes snow at Laguna
        http://www.prothman.org/marge/hiking/southern_california.htm

If one were to walk without shelter for the first 600 miles, it might be
prudent to make sure that one's ground cloth was of sufficiant size to
double as an emergency lean to.

my thoughts only
Eckert