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The closer the departure date gets, the more needs to be done. The more I do, the less the list of things to do goes down?

Most of the sponsor requests have been done and most of the replies recieved. Good response all round and well worth the effort and about £1000 saved in gear.

Insurance still to sort out and flight to be booked but heading off to San Fransisco about 20th April. A couple of days with some relatives in San Jose who will be acting as base HQ for me (looking after surplus gear, mailing stuff to me en-route and taking stuff back that I send them), then Rod from StickPick Co. has kindly offered me a lift all the way to Lake Morena where the annual ADZPCTKO is held.

What is the ADZPCTKO Foz?

This stands for Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kick Off and if anyone is planning on thru-hiking the PCT each year then they gather here. It's timed a few days before the date that is generally considered to be the optimum time to start the PCT after weather and snow have been taken into account. Everyone pretty much camps, there are gear manufacturers there, food stalls, drink, film shows and basically it's a great time to meet fellow hikers, chat the chat, eat and drink. See http://siechert.org/adz/ for more info.