by Phil » Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:00 am
If you only get to Pate and don't want to or aren't able to make the crossing, then have to turn around, you've not only defeated the entire purpose of doing the GCT from White Wolf end by going down the big hill, for a night, it's not worth it, and your life will suck because you'll have to reclimb what you just descended. There's not more to it than that. If the commitment and effort of being down there already somehow forces you to make that crossing despite your better judgment, that's a bad reason. It's how a lot of people like some of the PCTers that feel that the show must go on, no matter the cost, end up getting into trouble and even dying.
You might be better off just using your WW entry to go on up and see how things are up at Ten Lakes. It's nicer by far anyhow.