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> From: Svein Eriksen <sveinse@gudmund.vgs.no>
> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:03:05 +0100
> Subject: ATML PCT?
>
> Hi, I'm not sure this is the right place to ask about the PCT, but I'll
> try anyway...
>
> I hiked the AT in 96. When I finished I promised myself I would never do
> something like that again. Now, one year later I'm starting to get
> restless. Spend a few days this summer near Klamath Falls (OR), and near
> the PCT. Even hiked a couple of miles on it. It looked very tempting.
> Except for one thing - no thru-hikers. Probably the wrong season, but as
> I've understood it there are not many.
>
> I hiked the AT "alone", and would do the same on the PCT. But you're
> never alone on the AT. And meeting people was certainly one of the
> interesting sides of the AT. I'm not interested in 5-6 months without
> seeing other hikers / people - would that be the case?
>
> I'm grateful for any opinions, views or statistics. Also, I've just
> started reading Ray Jardins book (recomended), and it looks like the PCT
> is more difficult time-wise - shorter season, meaning higher milage. Is
> everyone doing the PCT (in one season) really strong hikers? I did a
> very average 5 months AT.
>
> Last, as I'm Norwegian, living outside of the US it's a bit difficult
> (maybe impossible) to organize maildrops. On the AT I just bought food
> as I got to stores, and virtually no planning beyond the next week was
> ever neccessary. How would that work on the PCT?
>
> Thanks
>
> Svein
>
>
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