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GomerPile · 03-24-2014, 10:56 PM

I too am doing the WCT this year, be aware that the sign up started today. If your planning on going during a long weekend or another busy weekend in the middle of the summer, you may be too late.

I have done it previously and marveled at a few things on the trail:
- The "easiness" of the hike – Everyday was thoroughly enjoyable
- The visual beauty of the hike
- The amount of rain that can fall in one day
- The absolute incompetence of some people who had absolutely no idea what overnight camping/hiking and the equipment needed and how to use that equipment if you have never opened it before.

I am not in the best of shape (I hike a lot), but we succeeded in hiking the trail with relative ease. The weather was ok, 2 days of record rains and warm (15-20) and muggy the other 3 days of hiking. We spoke to people who were absolutely miserable, had zero clue as to what the trail was going to be like. Be prepared mentally as much as you are physically. Plan the group you are going with carefully. Go hiking overnight as a group before and mind over matter, just enjoy it.

It is also nice to have a little sack of wine or whiskey to have on a beach one night.

03-24-2014, 10:56 PM	#35
GomerPile Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary Exp:	I too am doing the WCT this year, be aware that the sign up started today. If your planning on going during a long weekend or another busy weekend in the middle of the summer, you may be too late. I have done it previously and marveled at a few things on the trail: - The "easiness" of the hike – Everyday was thoroughly enjoyable - The visual beauty of the hike - The amount of rain that can fall in one day - The absolute incompetence of some people who had absolutely no idea what overnight camping/hiking and the equipment needed and how to use that equipment if you have never opened it before. I am not in the best of shape (I hike a lot), but we succeeded in hiking the trail with relative ease. The weather was ok, 2 days of record rains and warm (15-20) and muggy the other 3 days of hiking. We spoke to people who were absolutely miserable, had zero clue as to what the trail was going to be like. Be prepared mentally as much as you are physically. Plan the group you are going with carefully. Go hiking overnight as a group before and mind over matter, just enjoy it. It is also nice to have a little sack of wine or whiskey to have on a beach one night.