[pct-l] 8 cy VS 4 cy and seeing the light

[Reinhold Metzger]

DEEMS,
Thanks for your flattery......I may be a vintage 1940 Cadillac, but the body
is rusting and falling apart and no longer is firing on all cylinders.
It still runs just fine on the straights but it sputters and coughs on the
ups.....
seems like it is not firing on all cylinders or loosing compression.
But, that is the way it goes with all old things they gradually  deteriorate
and fall apart.

JMT Reinhold
The vintage 1940 model
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> Deems wrote:
> Reinhold,
> To me, you are a 1940 V16  Cadillac firing on all cylinders constantly
> running down the John Muir Trail from just after it's christening into the
> 21st century!! This rare road rolling Detroit treasure predates you by
only
> a few months, but your trail spirit spans the ages!! You are a  true
vintage
> and modern trail wonder that keeps all us young trail tuners wondering
what
> just streaked by us as we were just drifting along the trail..  Being in
the
> wilderness at any speed and any age is the answer to our spirit's
insatiable
> lifelong quest for challenge and adventure! May your V16 fire your spirit
> down the trail forever!!
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------

> >Reinhold Metzger wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> > You are so right, speed hikers are a misunderstood breed.....they are
> > known
> > as the ''crazy ones'' and forever criticized by ''purists'' for hiking
to
> > fast and
> > and not enjoying their hike.
> > Many folks just don't understand us......but we crazy ones, we
understand
> > each other.
> >
> > I LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS:
> > There are rabbits and there are turtles, they each enjoy their journey
in
> > their
> > own way.
> > Turtles will forever criticize rabbits for going to fast and not
enjoying
> > their hike.
> > Who is to say how to hike or how to enjoy a hike?
> > Who is to say if turtles enjoy their journey more than rabbits?
> >
> > In nature not all things are created equal.
> >
> > I like the way Lance Armstrong puts it......''Some of us are born with 4
> > cylinders
> > some of us are born with 8 cylinders''.
> > The 4 cylinders will forever complain that the 8 cylinders are going to
> > fast.
> >
> > I say ....HYOH....and who cares what everybody else thinks.
> >
> > By the way Joe, the first time I hiked the JMT in 1996 with the Boy
Scouts
> > we also
> > did in 21 days and I hauled a 75 - 85 lb pack........NEVER  AGAIN!!!
> >
> > As I got older and wiser  ''I SAW THE LIGHT''  now I go ultra-light.
> > But you know Joe, some folks don't get wiser as they get older, they
just
> > get older
> > and they never see the light.
> >
> > JMT Reinhold
> > The old wise one
> >
> > -------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >> TOTTOO  JOE wrote:
> >> I think one of the most often asked questions I have been asked is,
"Why
> >> would you want to hike through the wilderness so fast?" A speed hike is
> >> so
> >> misunderstood. I like to mention all the benefits to hiking a fast
hike.
> >> Rather than spending time in hotel rooms, I spend every night under the
> >> stars, which turns out to be a much more of a wilderness expirence.
> > Rather
> >> than bringing what is not needed, I live life much more simple. Your
pack
> >> weight is far more easier on your body, in return you are just as happy
> >> as
> >> can be tramping through the forest. You are at resupply much quicker,
and
> >> just long enough to eat what is impossible to bring. The condition of
> >> your
> >> body, becomes the ultimate high. You can start behind everyone, meet
them
> >> all and only stick around just long enough to enjoy ones company, but
not
> >> too long that the trail seems crowded. You will have enough time to
enjoy
> >> more trail for the rest of the summer. You walk early and late, when
you
> >> will see much more wildlife. You will spend less time and MONEY, which
> > will
> >> allow you to do it more often. ect.......
> >>
> >> Most any fast packers will also tell you that they were not born this
> >> way,
> >> that they evolved. I myself hiked the John Muir, in 21 days and less
than
> > 6.
> >> Both hikes were completely different, yet just as rewarding. But, I
will
> >> never hike it in 21 days again. I also carried a 70lb pack before, but
> > after
> >> 35+ years of hiking, I learned what I need, and that the lighter the
pack
> >> the more I enjoy the hike. In 2005, I thru-hiked with a sub-5lb pack.
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