Sunday 3 July 2016
Monday 25 January 2016
PNT - Early Planning
The new year's blues - back to work, dieting, and rain. Here in the lower mainland of BC (Vancouver), winter is marked with grey clouds, rain, some more rain and upwards of 15ft of snow on the mountains. While snow on the mountains means endless skiing and snowshoeing adventures, for a guy that loves the heat, stopping by a lake and taking in the sights (while perfectly warm) and prefers mosquitos and horseflies over cold hands and frostbite, winter puts a bit of a damper on my mood. What a perfect time to begin planning my 2016 PNT section hike.
Okay, so here are the basic bones of the plan (at this point in time):
With the plan in it's early stages I have ordered a trail guide book, a data book (key mileage points), a town guide, a gps file and have downloaded maps from the PNTA website. Next steps - figure out rough mileage, resupply points, permits, and revisit my gear setup (I have ambitions to buy a leather cowboy hat for hiking - more to come). Overall, I'm getting very excited.
Okay, so here are the basic bones of the plan (at this point in time):
- Hike for ~500 miles - about 30 days
- Minimize travel spending in the USA - the Loonie (Canadian dollar) is not doing so swell at the moment ($1CDN = $0.6USD)
- Hike a section of the PNT that is characterized as mostly trail - as a National Scenic Trail in it's infancy (officially) the official route of the PNT currently puts to use a good amount of forestry and municipal roads
- Select a location that both I (live in Vancouver BC) and Greg (Portland OR) can easily access (both ends)
- Select a section with some amazing views and representative of the overall trail
- Hike in July
With the plan in it's early stages I have ordered a trail guide book, a data book (key mileage points), a town guide, a gps file and have downloaded maps from the PNTA website. Next steps - figure out rough mileage, resupply points, permits, and revisit my gear setup (I have ambitions to buy a leather cowboy hat for hiking - more to come). Overall, I'm getting very excited.
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