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I have not hiked in this area since 2013 due to fire damage, but near Apache peak is one of the sketchiest stretches on the PCT from my memory. It seemed like a really easy spot to simply fall off...

A hiker can still hike the trail and practice social distancing. If applied to a thru-hiker this means you never go town, and all your resupplies are prearranged to be dropped of at a trailhead for...

I had planned to start at Campo on 3-12. It was the weather forecast which put the nail in the coffin on that idea.

No, I got it. I just like the idea of each person hiking separate directions better. I wouldn't want to exchange keys. Rather, I'd prefer each person had keys for both vehicles to start. It would be...

It's funny that you mentioned it. I've often thought about the leap frog method. I've yet to actually try it, however. Two people with cars who hike at a similar pace could hike the whole PCT using...

The goal is simply to minimize contact as much as possible. Some people still have to go to the grocery store, pharmacy, etc. Plenty of people can't work from home.

Hiking, camping, and other...

So it seems that thru hiking may be out this year. A good way to hike and avoid contact with other people is to drive to your hiking destination, then do a 4-7 day loop, or out and back. This way you...

It's funny. When taking the bus, especially the last bus for the day, it's usually packed until Tecate. After Tecate it's often just you and the driver.

Just take Uber or Lyft. The bus is often crowded.

I applied in February. The first computer I used to get in que put me at somewhere like number 15,000. I then tried with another computer which put me around number 5,000. The whole system the PCTA...

Carry mace and use hiking poles. I feel like I could defend myself quite well with just my hiking poles, atleast from a knife attack. Or, carry a gun and keep it ready to use at all times, and hope...

If declared insane, he may be released at some point. For example, see John Hinckley Jr., the man with schizophrenia who attempted to assassinate former President Reagan.

You seem to be confusing mental illness generally, and paranoid schizophrenia, which Mr. Jordan exhibits clear signs of. Paranoid schizophrenics are often violent. I doubt you have any background in...

No, assault does not require contact. Assault is essentially threatening someone. Chasing someone with a knife is assault, for example.

Mr. Jordan pleaded guilty to multiple crimes. As a condition of his probation and/or release the judge should have ordered he undergo a psychiatric evaluation. The court has wide latitude in this...

While it is hard to make sense of your post. The issue here is Sovereign was arrested for assault weeks before the murder. It is here where Mr. Jordan should have received a psychiatric evaluation by...

While the law varies from state to state it is common for mentally ill inmates to be court ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation. However, due to the inherent expense, such an evaluation often...

Sovereign was clearly exhibiting common signs of schizophrenia. The Unicoi County Sheriff is responsible for this tragedy. Sovereign should have been transferred from jail to a psychiatric hospital...

The authorities in Unicoi who declined to hold Sovereign for a mental health evaluation are likely going to face liability in the tens of millions of dollars.

The best advice for trying to hike the PCT in a high snow year is to wait and do it another year.
The difference between hiking the Sierra when there is loads of snow, and when the snow is gone, is...

Mudslides are a serious risk on the PCT in SoCal during the rainy season. Many areas have recently burned and are dangerous when/if it rains a lot.

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It's not very smokey near Stampede, Snoqualmie, Stevens. There is haze in the air, but it currently is rarely bad enough to where you can actually smell smoke. White Pass, and Rainy Pass, are rather...

Does anyone have Stumbling Norwegian's contact info? I'm doing some trail magic in WA and I'm looking to team up with other trail angels for some epic trail magic. I've met Stumbling Norwegian a few...

If you wait until late April or early May to hike San Jacinto there should be virtually no snow or ice. It could storm and drop a few inches, well into May, but it will melt quickly. In this event...