I hiked with this fellow for a while in 2007. He is the only person I have met, besides me, that can go from sleep to trail in under 4 minutes. He should have lots of good trail tested advice to offer.
He e-mailed me saying that hiking season has begun. If I’m not hiking, I really would like it if no one else would.
Although…it’s not too late to order some new gear and hit a trail. Heck it’s not even too late to start the PCT again.