[pct-l] Andy Skurka Presentation this Saturday

[jeff.singewald at comcast.net]

This guy is amazing.  I still recall when he passed by me south of Lake Tahoe.  He was flying low!

An interesting memory from 2006.... During a short re-supply stop in Sierra City, a group of us were checking out the hiker boxes and found a Go-Lite Thong (underwear).  Checking out this piece of gear we noticed on the tag, the name "A. Skurka" penned with a Sharpie.

Wow, I knew this guy was ultra-light and was sponsored by Go-Lite, but this seemed to be taking it to the extreme!  But, as everyone says, HYOH.

Thong-less Thru,

Elevator

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From: "Donna Saufley" <dsaufley at sprynet.com> 

Just wanted to give you all a heads-up about Andy Skurka’s presentation at the Los Angeles Times Travel Expo at the Long Beach Convention Center.  He’ll be presenting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 9th.
 
For those unfamiliar with Andy, he recently completed the “Great Western Loop,” a 6,875 mile trek in 208 days.  He’s the first person to ever accomplish this feat, but that’s no surprise, in July 2005 he concluded another monumental first: hiking the 7,778-mile Sea-to-Sea Route, a transcontinental network of hiking trails from Quebec to Washington, which he completed in 11 months. Andy has also completed the 1,700-mile California section of the Pacific Crest Trail (in 44 days), the 480-mile Colorado Trail (twice), the 2,170-mile Appalachian Trail (in 95 days), and a 385-mile trek through northern Minnesota in January.
 
Andy knows a thing or two about long-distance hiking and lightening your load.  It’s no wonder that National Geographic Adventurer honored Andy with the title of “Adventurer of the Year” for 2007.
 
Discounts are available at the event website, http://www.adventureexpo.com/Default.aspx?id=4a2afa34-c786-4141-9c8a-0530f8f184c9 follow the instructions at the site to get your discount!   
 
L-Rod


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