Story of PMC Galaxy Loop is about CMDR Snake Man (me) traveling around Milky Way galaxy.
PMC Exploration Galaxy Loop
After reaching Triple Elite status, switch to a relax mode in elite universe and go to an great long journey exploring around the galaxy. Loop clockwise at the "middle" part of galaxy (25,500ly from core) all the way through to the other side of galaxy (from Sol), then get as far in the edge of galaxy as you can jump with current jump capability. From there its so cool to look back at Sol and see the stupid long distance. When done marveling the galaxy, return to the loop route and return to Sol.
Relaxed exploration, no hurry at all. Scan all interesting looking planets, scan all stars, skip useless belts / icy / rock stuff of course... except with Elite v2.0 you can land on icy and rock planets, so they are no again interesting hehe. Try to scan the galaxy area where youre at for interesting stars. Just enjoy the journey and don't be bothered to count how many light years did you jump today etc.
My path to triple elite showed in exploration part how easy it is to burn out by playing too much. Don't play every day unless huge enthusiasm strikes. It is very important not to burn out playing too much, trying to jump too many systems at one session / day etc. Try to relax, enjoy the galaxy, if you don't feel like playing then don't. Simple.
In-game chat Athanasius said that its roughly 2 * 25500 * 3.14 == 160,140Ly journey
If we calculate some useless statistics: 160,140Ly / 2000 (60min of jumping is two thousand Ly) == 80.07 hours. 80.07 / 24 == 3.33 days.
But bit more practical formula would be: 80.07 / 12 hours game time per day == 6.67 days. But yeah as you can understand its completely useless to try to calculate these as you have to count how much time you spend in one system, if the system map is empty of anything interesting then its 0 seconds per jump as you check it while FSD is charging... however if there are something interesting, then you can spend even half an HOUR in a system. Totally useless trying to estimate these into some formula.
The point of PMC Galaxy Loop is to enjoy the exploration, simple.
Doctrine how to explore while in PMC Galaxy Loop journey. First and foremost it should be an enjoyable relaxing adventure where you take the time to appreciate the beauty and majestic sights of the galaxy. Do not rush this, it is not a idiotic dancing & frag race.
When route is plotted, walk it through on galaxy map so you can see if you go by any interesting stars or too many non fuel scoop compatible stars etc. Also in galaxy map scan the nearby areas every once in a while, maybe every 500Ly or so, you might find black holes or other interesting stuff. Think about using economic route plotting sometimes.
After dropping out of hyper space into a new star system:
When approaching landable planet
When detailed surface scanner start to scan, cut throttle and wait. When its done check system map for planets gravity, if its over 4g you are not "allowed" to land there (in risk of destroying your ship).
The 65k Ly from Sol Club
Finwen and Akira Masakari reached maximum distance from Sol of 65,279.35 Ly, this is also my goal to get into 65k Ly Club
Waypoints in my route:
01 stock 1 sector js-t d3-49 02 preae eurk ut-z d13-16 03 prue dryai eb-u d4-37 04 thraikooe vs-u d2-34 05 eolls priae bq-v d3-27 06 xothi gg-y e25 07 hypua groa ma-h c13-18 08 hachaei wp-w g15-1 09 drootie sf-c d14-70 10 beagle point 11 plaa chroa mc-m d7-96 12 phrooe blou ac-f c14-60 13 stuenooe mr-i b37-5 14 blooe hypai ky-f d12-103 15 plua aewsy rr-w d1-118 16 bleia dryoae ag-w c18-35 17 pro eur wj-y c14-3
However you should check EDSM PMC Galaxy Loop Route for more specifics, especially as the journey progresses.
Update 2017-12-06: the above was the initial plan, below you can read what actually happened...