[pct-l] RE CDT question

[Donna Saufley]

Is “Tapon” Frances Tapon, author of “Hike Your Own Hike”?  a.k.a. Mr. Magoo

 

L-Rod

 

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Marcia
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:31 AM
To: joseph kisner; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] RE CDT question

 

Thanks. We met The Onion in Livermore, now that you mentioned him,

 

 

Tapon's CDT yo-yo show last night was very interesting. His base weight is
5.5# He had snowfall 20 out of 30 days in CO, hiking  1000 miles on snow. No
extra clothes or heavy jacket. In the snow self-photos it looked like his
jacket was the GossamerGear rain jacket. He walked to stay warm. We saw a
couple of photos where he was wearing his sleeping bag. His rain gear was a
GoLite umbrella that was also sun protection. Whew, I had conflicting
opinions!

 

He lost his sleeping pad . The trail provides... he found a Hustler mag and
used that for a pad. He pointed out that it was dual function
(entertainment), too.

 

Maybe we should look at gear the other way. Not "what do I need" but "what
do I HAVE to take". The answer there may be clothes on back and food.
Remember Tapon was the one that hiked sobo on the PCT without a sleeping bag
for a week in the snow?

 

Just take a hike..no gear. TIC

 

Shall I leave home without it when I

...GottaWalk?

 

 

 

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From: HYPERLINK "mailto:lostonthecrest at hotmail.com"joseph kisner 

To: HYPERLINK "mailto:pct-l at backcountry.net"pct-l at backcountry.net 

Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:54 PM

Subject: [pct-l] RE CDT question

 

There was two CDT Yo-Yo's last year. The other was "The Onion"...tj

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