After nearly 3 months of building new kit, and relaxation, it's time to get out there again. It will be the first of two hikes across the USA, this time along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The PCT spans for over 4000km from the Mexican to Canadian borders and takes in a lot of the best of what western USA has to offer. I first heard about the PCT, as a teenager, in one of Chris Townsend's many great books, The Backpacker's Handbook. It has always been in my mind that I would like to hike it one day and interestingly Chris considers the PCT to be the most enjoyable of all his hikes. I'm also very pleased to see that he will now be publishing a book about his time on the PCT, called Rattle Snakes and Bald Eagles. It will be good to see how it compares to my hike some 30 years later. 
Friday 3 May 2013
Pacific Crest Trail
After nearly 3 months of building new kit, and relaxation, it's time to get out there again. It will be the first of two hikes across the USA, this time along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The PCT spans for over 4000km from the Mexican to Canadian borders and takes in a lot of the best of what western USA has to offer. I first heard about the PCT, as a teenager, in one of Chris Townsend's many great books, The Backpacker's Handbook. It has always been in my mind that I would like to hike it one day and interestingly Chris considers the PCT to be the most enjoyable of all his hikes. I'm also very pleased to see that he will now be publishing a book about his time on the PCT, called Rattle Snakes and Bald Eagles. It will be good to see how it compares to my hike some 30 years later.
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