12/13-19/2014: Having looked carefully at the PCT maps, I think I’ll confine my van-assisted trips on the PCT to fairly well-used roads and, at this time of year, to elevations below 4000 feet, the latter for the winter weather and the former for the uncertainty of dirt roads here, there, and everywhere. It’ll make my short segments discontinuous, but I can live with that.
I can see myself graduating to overnights and then maybe short multi-day trips as the seasons advance and the weather improves. How long shall I stay in SoCal? Until, I suppose, the urge to explore the PCT farther afield overcomes me!
Addendum 12/18/2014: Maybe I ought to take that WBC course this winter. I just want to learn newer skills, but I’m afraid of being a problem to my fellow students by not hiking fast enough or far enough. Maybe they’ll have a section for Senior Turtles.
Addendum 12/19/2014: I’ve been up in Bishop for a few days and today (Friday) went hiking along Pleasant Valley Reservoir with the girls. What a great hike! Puffing up that first little rise was tough for me, and I was pooped by time we finished. We didn’t quite get to the power plant, but we were certainly in sight of it. So, say 1.75 miles of the 2-mile road, making a 3.5 mile round trip. Wonderful day!
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