Why Southbound?

Out of the ~300 people per year that attempt the trail, over 90% head north from California. That special 10% or so that are foolish enough to hike south face numerous challenges:

• Dry river beds/no water caches in Southern California
• Isolation
  
• No footprints to follow
• Having to read guidebooks backwards as they are written for NoBos
• Less daylight (as we leave closer to the summer solstice)
• Snow in Northern Washington (and lots of it)

Sounds fun, right? Why are Jenna and I doing this? Well...

I am (mostly) finished with college and graduation is sometime in mid-May, which kind of forces us to hike south. That is kind of an anti-climatic reason. While there are no philosophic reasons for going south, the idea of being one of the few, the proud: the SoBos, does excite me greatly. I am excited (and a little nervous), but mostly excited.