Departing Manchester Airport, Saturday, April 24th 2010!
My nerves are continuously freaking out and it is really hard to keep my head in my shoulders! One word is not adequate to portray the cyclical effect of excitement that I have been living with for the past month, so here are some synonyms that may aid my previous lack luster phrase...
| access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup,burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, firing, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo! |
There is a good quote from the Italian writer, Alessandro Baricco, that explains the emotion well, "Only the unstoppable machine of the sea still tears away at the silence with the cyclical explosion of nocturnal waves..."
Things are in full swing though! My lists finally have items crossed off and feelings are positive and in a forward type motion, (which is always good).
I have gotten some questions about where I will be when. Well, I did some figuring and here is a rough plan of where I will be stopping and when.
PCT 2010
Section | mi/day | ft/day | Distance (mi) | Elev. Gain (ft) | Days | Arrival |
Campo (start) | 26-4-10 | |||||
Campo to Mt. Laguna | 22.7 | 2897 | 42.9 | 5485 | 1.9 | 27-4-10 |
Mt. Laguna to Warner Springs | 25.1 | 1295 | 67.7 | 3500 | 2.7 | 30-4-10 |
Warner Springs to Idylwild | 22.1 | 3247 | 69.6 | 10211 | 3.1 | 04-5-10 |
Idylwild to Big Bear City | 22.6 | 2901 | 96.1 | 12307 | 4.2 | 08-5-10 |
Big Bear City to Wrightwood | 23.8 | 2147 | 89.6 | 8090 | 3.8 | 13-5-10 |
Wrightwood to Agua Dulce | 23.0 | 2691 | 89.0 | 10428 | 3.9 | 19-5-10 |
Agua Dulce to Tehachapi | 23.1 | 2629 | 100.2 | 11427 | 4.3 | 23-5-10 |
Tehachapi to Kennedy Meadows | 23.1 | 2610 | 141.9 | 16045 | 6.1 | 01-6-10 |
Kennedy Meadows to Vermillion Valley Resort | 21.6 | 3608 | 174.3 | 29128 | 8.1 | 09-6-10 |
Vermillion Valley Resort to Tuolumne Meadows | 22.3 | 3107 | 65.5 | 9110 | 2.9 | 14-6-10 |
Tuolumne Meadows to Echo Lake Resort | 22.6 | 2943 | 152.6 | 19885 | 6.8 | 21-6-10 |
Echo Lake Resort to Sierra City | 23.4 | 2427 | 102.1 | 10606 | 4.4 | 27-6-10 |
Sierra City to Belden | 22.9 | 2757 | 91.7 | 11056 | 4.0 | 01-7-10 |
Belden to Chester | 22.1 | 3267 | 46.5 | 6875 | 2.1 | 03-7-10 |
Chester to Burney Falls State Park | 24.9 | 1379 | 87.8 | 4857 | 3.5 | 07-7-10 |
Burney Falls State Park to Castella | 23.6 | 2276 | 82.9 | 8000 | 3.5 | 12-7-10 |
Castella to Etna | 23.1 | 2582 | 99.8 | 11144 | 4.3 | 16-7-10 |
Etna to Seiad Valley | 24.3 | 1791 | 56.8 | 4185 | 2.3 | 20-7-10 |
Seiad Valley to Ashland | 21.9 | 3397 | 64.5 | 10002 | 2.9 | 24-7-10 |
Ashland to Crater Lake Post Office | 23.7 | 2220 | 105.4 | 9883 | 4.5 | 28-7-10 |
Crater Lake Post Office to Cascade Summit | 24.1 | 1931 | 79.6 | 6376 | 3.3 | 01-8-10 |
Cascade Summit to Sisters | 23.8 | 2128 | 77.1 | 6891 | 3.2 | 05-8-10 |
Sisters to Timberline Lodge | 23.3 | 2447 | 117.8 | 12355 | 5.0 | 12-8-10 |
Timberline Lodge to White Pass | 22.7 | 2871 | 197.4 | 24977 | 8.7 | 21-8-10 |
White Pass to Snoqualime Pass | 23.7 | 2173 | 98.6 | 9025 | 4.2 | 26-8-10 |
Snoqualime Pass to Skykomish | 21.3 | 3829 | 74.5 | 13420 | 3.5 | 31-8-10 |
Skykomish to Stehekin | 21.5 | 3674 | 97.8 | 16720 | 4.6 | 05-9-10 |
Stehekin to Manning Park | 22.2 | 3184 | 88.8 | 12723 | 4.0 | 11-9-10 |
The towns in Italics are the towns that I will be mailing food and supplies to. Other places I will just be buying food as I go, in grocers.
There is a lot if Information on this post already but I thought I would add a link. This is one of the coolest guys I have heard of, an older gentlemen called Nimblewill Nomad. This link goes to a video of Nimblewill reciting a poem that is one of my favorites.
Peace and Love
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