Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 2776337, member: 7894"] I've seen a wide variation for the numbers for total elevation gain for the long trails. I think 315,000 is significantly underestimating for the PCT. I understand the grade is designed for pack animals so it's not as steep, but you still have to climb to get over all the passes. Forester Pass is over 13,000, twice the height of the highest point of the AT. I don't care how it's graded, that's really high and your legs still have to carry you up there, and then down the other side, and back up to the next pass. The mountains in the Appalachians are piddly compared to the Sierras and Cascades. PCT may not follow the exact spine of the ranges for the entire length but it's not like it skirts below all the high country. Here's 2 links that puts PCT total gain at nearly 500,000. Makes the 315,000 number look made up. [URL='https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjhrf6m45LcAhXm5YMKHRWfDGAQFggqMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pctmap.net%2F2014%2F03%2Felevation-gain-on-the-pacific-crest-trail%2F&usg=AOvVaw39dtHIrXyUp2TYlIxvFvNQ']https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjhrf6m45LcAhXm5YMKHRWfDGAQFggqMAE&url=https://www.pctmap.net/2014/03/elevation-gain-on-the-pacific-crest-trail/&usg=AOvVaw39dtHIrXyUp2TYlIxvFvNQ[/URL] [URL='https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjhrf6m45LcAhXm5YMKHRWfDGAQFghlMAs&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcta.org%2F2014%2Fnew-numbers-elevation-gain-loss-pacific-crest-trail-17581%2F&usg=AOvVaw3HNdPVJHq7NsTRrqb1oKcD']https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjhrf6m45LcAhXm5YMKHRWfDGAQFghlMAs&url=https://www.pcta.org/2014/new-numbers-elevation-gain-loss-pacific-crest-trail-17581/&usg=AOvVaw3HNdPVJHq7NsTRrqb1oKcD[/URL] [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach