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How I did it: Started planning around 4 months beforehand (just the dates). About one month beforehand got serious about planning the logistics - how were we going to get there, where would we park the car, what food, etc.
Lessons & tips: Bring gloves (like bike gloves) to prevent scratching your hands when grabbing onto things.
Stephen is going the distance
I wanna go now :-P
Actually, I have done a few day hikes on the East Coast between Comox and Campbell River. I remember seeing 100s of Bald Eagles on the hikes there….a truly amazing sight indeed, but never had enough time together to do what you did. I really look forward to visiting again.
markov has climbed cathedral mountains and seen silver clouds below
The West Coast Trail is on my list of hikes to do.
When did you hike the WCT? We are going in September and are wondering about the weather. When you say you did it in 5 days, was that 4 nights? That’s quick!
We hiked it early September, starting on the 7th, and ending on the 11th. We lucked out with pretty great weather actually; it only poured rain for one day. The rest of the time it was slightly cloudy or sunny, and warm enough for shorts and tshirt during the day. The warmest clothes I brought were a pair of long underwear and a patagonia fleece and the only time I was cold was in the mornings getting up before hiking. And yeah it was 5 days and 4 nights, but we were hiking (with breaks) for ~10 hours each day, except for the last day, which was about 4 fours. It was exciting to have a challenge, and I’m glad we pushed ourselves, but now I want to do it again and stretch it out longer to spend more time in each place. Average of people we talked to on the trail was probably around 7 days.
Good luck! You’ll love it!
Thanks so much for this great info! Can I ask another question? What kind of shoes did you wear to cross the rivers/streams? Did you wear water shoes? THANKS!!!
for the first 2 days our feet were still dry and we were only crossing tiny streams so we wore teva sandles.. then the third day it was absolutely pouring and the streams were bigger and faster and everything was wet anyways. so from then on we gave up and went through in our hiking boots, as did a lot of other people.
