[pct-l] JMT record??

[yogi]

Did you see the "survival quiz" in the October
Backpacker Magazine?  When you total your score, the
description for the person who gets 80-90 points is
this:

"Keep your cholesterol down, Reinhold, and you'll
still be climbing those mountains when you're 99".

Is that *YOU* Reinhold????

yogi
www.pcthandbook.com



--- Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:

>  DEEMS, DEEMS, DEEMS,
> 
>  I don't deserve all this flattery and buildup.
> You are placing me in a category I don't
> belong......... 30 years ago,
> maybe?
> There's no question in my mind that any number of
> our endurance hikers or
> runners could beat my time.  As a matter of fact, AL
> SHAVER, a super
> athlete, is on the JMT right now trying to break it
> and if Al does not break
> it, JOHN STAMSTAD most certainly will break it next
> year.
> John is a hall of fame super endurance athlete,  his
> name is all over the
> internet, who has decided that he wants the
> unsupported JMT record, and John
> always achieves what he sets out to achieve.
> He failed In his 2005 attempt because his shoes fell
> apart and failed in his
> 2006 attempt because he became ill.
> He is going to come back with a vengeance in 2007
> because John is not going
> to settle for failing twice to beat a 65 senior
> citizen's time.  He will be
> back next year to claim the JMT unsupported record
> if Al does not claim it
> first.
> It's time to pass on the torch to the younger
> generation.
> 
> Thank you for your flattering comments but I don't
> really deserve them
> Deems.
> 
> JMT Reinhold
> Your hopelessly in love with the JMT trail companion
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deems" <losthiker at sisqtel.net>
> To: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>;
> "'PCT-L'"
> <pct-l at backcountry.net>; "Monte Dodge"
> <montedodge at msn.com>;
> <Hiker97 at aol.com>; "Robert Ellinwood"
> <rellinwood at worldnet.att.net>; "henry
> shires" <hshires at jps.net>; "Al Shaver"
> <alshaver2000 at yahoo.com>; "John
> Stamstad" <JOHN_STAMSTAD at patagonia.com>; "mat
> masterson"
> <lsmbam at netzero.net>; <clair234 at cox.net>; "Rex
> Spaith"
> <adventuresierra at yahoo.com>; <jimgroark at cox.net>;
> <archer1933 at sbcglobal.net>; <donm48 at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] JMT record??
> 
> 
> >
> > All of these personal extreme wilderness endevours
> are incredible, and
> > almost incomprehensible on mere mortal hiker
> terms, like mine. I hope
> > Reinhold holds onto his "JMT Unsupported
> BackpackerRecord" as long as he
> > can; for he is an incredible trail spirit,
> motivator, challenger, mentor,
> > and is the "JMT Master Hiker".However, with many
> others hoping to best his
> > time, and place their name in the Sierra history
> book, inevitably in time,
> > he will shake the hand of the person that bests
> his JMT hike by mere
> > minutes. I hope that person, emboldens,
> challenges, and serves as great an
> > inspiriation as the 65 years young Reinhold has
> been to the Sierra hikers;
> > and that this person will gracefully carry the
> honor as the holder of the
> > John Muir Trail Backpacker Record, till the next
> challenger succeeds them.
> > Reinhold, has set the standard so high for the
> JMT, and engraved his
> spirit
> > and love of the Sierra so deep,  that his name
> will still be whispered
> > around campfires many decades from now in the
> Sierra.  "50 years ago
> today,
> > at the age of 63, he ran 50 miles through this
> Sierra alpine wilderness in
> > one day, chasing his dream".... A living legend..
> >
> >
> > > Sept. 16, 2006  Robert Ellinwood
> wrote:............In an article by Bob
> > > Cooper, ''Hit the Trail Running,''   Sports
> Afield, March,  1998 p. 77,
> > > Cooper states, using his part-hike , part -jog, 
> ''Jim Night''   set the
> > > 211-mile John Muir Trail speed record of four
> and one half
> > > days.......................
> > >
> > >
>
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> > >
> > > Jim Night's trek was supported,  therefore the
> unsupported record of  5
> > > days
> > > 7 hrs 45 minutes still stands.
> > >
> > > Jim Night's 1998  4 1/2 day  ''Supported'' speed
> record for the JMT has
> > > since been bested as follows, with the runners
> being supported by
> support
> > > teams:
> > >
> > > 2003  BRIAN  ROBINSON..........4
> days......7hrs...2 minutes
> > > 2003  PETER  BARKWIN...........3 days...22
> hrs...4 minutes
> > > 2004  KEVIN   SAWCHUCK.......3 days...21 hrs...5
> minutes
> > >
> > > JMT Reinhold
> > > Your hopelessly in love with the JMT trail
> companion
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