I have been hiking sections of the Pacific Crest Trail since 1976. I'm in no hurry to finish one of the finest long trails in America, possibly in the world. The PCT for me has been a fine wine, a cabernet, that has gained incredible taste, persona, depth, and appreciation through the decades as I've also aged along with it. To hike it in a few months, seems such a fleeting moment in one's life in the wilderness.