[pct-l] John Muir Trail Speed Record

[Reinhold Metzger]

Hi Gang,
Here is Michael's JMT record attempt anouncement that did not get 
through to the list the first time.

JMT Reinhold
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Michael Popov wrote:
> Hey guys,
>  
> As some of you remember, I was going to go after Sue Jonston's JMT 
> supported speed record <http://runsuerun.blogspot.com/> in the 
> beginning of August, but unfortunately (or fortunately) caught a 
> cold 10 days before the attempt (how ironic, thank you very much, 
> Badwater 135!) and decided to postpone. So, here we are again, 
> recovered, rested and ready to go!
>  
> I'm leaving for Lone Pine on Monday, spending 4 days alternating 
> between Trail Camp and Whitney (hiking 6L of water in will be fun 
> fun fun, I imagine). Friday night my crew member, Sasha, will hike in 
> to Trail Camp and hunker down for the night in my tent while I'm 
> descending to Lone Pine Lake (or lower) to freshen up and spend the 
> night under the stars before the attempt. The gun goes off at 0600 on 
> Saturday of Aug 30th, which should allow me plenty of time to get a 
> good night's sleep and come down to the Portal's parking lot.
>  
> I'm starting with less than a pound of dry weight and the Sasha is 
> going to wait at Trail Crest with the main pack. Then he'll descend, 
> sweep all the backpacking gear along the way and proceed to his next 
> check point, two days away.
>  
> There will be two main team members crewing from both sides of the 
> Sierras, Aaron Sorensen and Alex (aka Sasha) Grabovetsky.
> Sasha will send me off, then Aaron meets me at Woods Creek bridge (end 
> of day one), Sasha meets me at Piute Creek bridge (end of day two), 
> both of them are meeting me at Red's Meadow (end of day three) and 
> Tuolumne (3+ days).
> Aaron's dad, Darrell Sorensen, will also be helping at Red's Meadow.
> Aaron will pace for the last 54.7mi section from Tuolumne Meadows to 
> Happy Isles.
> My parents are planning to be at Tuolumne and Happy Isles.
> I'm expecting to have a restaurant style hot dinners, plush sleeping 
> arrangments and, hopefully, a trio of exotic dancers, but that one's 
> up to the guys.
> Hm, quite a departure from a "no frills" unsupported format. Oh well.
>  
> If anyone will be at or around Whitney or Trail Camp during next week 
> (Tuesday-Friday), look for an orange MSR Hubba with a string of 
> tibetan praying flags attached to it, this is my office for the next 
> week :)))
>  
> I'm planning to roll into Red's Meadow after midnight on Tuesday 
> morning and Tuolumne Meadows at ~1530 on Tuesday afternoon. If anyone 
> will be in those locations at these times, please say hi, any 
> encouragement at that point will be oh so appreciated.
>  
> These are rough details, meant to give a timeline of events and 
> agnowledging that the record attempt is taking place; I will issue a 
> full detailed report with pictures after all this is behind.
>  
> Can't wait to be back on JMT. This is going to be so much fun!
>  
> Thank you for your support and wish me luck!
>  
> -Michael aka Mish
>
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