Taken from PCTA.org -
Zigzagging its way from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) boasts the greatest elevation changes of any of America's National Scenic Trails, allowing it to pass through six out of seven of North America's ecozones including high and low desert, old-growth forest and artic-alpine country. Indeed, the PCT is a trail of diversity and extremes. From scorching desert valleys in Southern California to rain forests in the Pacific Northwest, the PCT offers hikers and equestrians a unique, varied experience.
On Friday, April 24 Tom Medeima, the sweetheart Paul Zuber and myself will be starting our 2658 mile adventure. I'll most likely cry at least 57% of the time. And I'm sure that Paul and Tom will be making fun of each other ... well, the whole time.
We plan to follow most of Ray Jardine's 5 month Itinerary he laid out. This will bring us home roughly Sept 17 (ish). Jardine has some really great info in his book "The PCT hiker's handbook." Big "propers" to sweet Ray.
He talks about pack weight, gear, food, training, water, etc. Good stuff. He also spoke a little about the meaning of why people do something of this magnitude. He put it most eloquently when he said "It is a return to nature, and quite possibly a journey in search of what parts of ourselves might lie within it's deserts, forests, and far flung mountains."
Simple. And sounds and about right. More to come.
