[pct-l] We broke David's PCT record

[Reinhold Metzger]

Aaron,
What is Brett's interpretation of  ''UNSUPPORTED''?
In my opinion there are three categories.
1. Supported with support team.
2. Self supported (with  resupplies).
3. Unsupported....no resupplies, no assistance of any kind....the hiker 
lives of the land and what is in his pack.
                            No hand outs from other hikers or hamburgers 
at Red's or Tuolumne....there is no difference between
                            a hiker or a waitress handing you a candy 
bar or a hamburger and a support member handing you a
                            peanut butter sandwich.

JMT Reinhold
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Sorensen, Aaron BM1 wrote:
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> Hey Gang,
>
> Brett Maune just finished the JMT going Unsupported while breaking the 
> Supported record.
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> Not sure what the time is yet.  Should be around 88 hours.
>
> Aaron
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: reinholdmetzger at cox.net [mailto:reinholdmetzger at cox.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 4:42 PM
> To: scott williamson; PCT; Deems; MONTE DODGE; Sorensen, Aaron BM1; 
> Michael Popov; Al Shaver; Hiker97
> Subject: Re: We broke David's PCT record
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>  
>
> Hi gang,
>
> Got back from the JMT, found this message from Scott and thought I share
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> it and my reply with you.
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>  
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> Scott,
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> Nice to hear from you and congratulations to you and Adam on  a most
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> outstanding achievement.
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> The PCT  in under 66 days is mind boggling.....breaking Horton's  "with
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> a support team record"  without the support of a support team is just
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> amazing and then finishing day 65 with 51 miles just blows me
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> away.....you guys are truly hardcore.
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> With, I belief, twelve PCT "thru-hikes" including two yo-yo "thru-hikes"
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> and now two PCT records you are without a doubt the undisputed,
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> undeniable, unquestionable  ''King of the PCT ''  and I will bow in your
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> presence.
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> You are truly my hero.
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> I know, all records sooner or later get broken.....I am, however, not at
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> all convinced your accomplishments will ever get broken....not in my
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> lifetime  anyhow.
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>  
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> I just got back from my tenth JMT  hike, this time with my wife in a
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> leisure 15 days.
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> I lost 10 lb because I was hauling a 55 lb pack to keep my wife 
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> ''ultra-lite''.......I treat my women right.
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> The plan was for me to go back in after taking my wife home (I even had
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> the permit) and do a  ''unsupported sub five JMT''.
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> However, important business obligations prevented me from going back
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> in.....bummer!!!!.....this probably was my last opportunity for a 
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> ''unsupported sub five JMT''  because at one  month shy of age 69 my
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> window of opportunity is shutting quickly......my wife is shouting  
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> ''IT  SLAMMED  SHUT  LONG  TIME  AGO!!!
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> Ohhh well......I can always take up crocheting and knitting in my old age.
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>  
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> Again, congratulations to you and Adam for an outstanding accomplishment.
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>  
>
> Your buddy
>
> JMT  Reinhold
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> scott williamson wrote: " We broke David's PCT record"
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> > Hey Reinhold, Just wanted you to know that Adam and I broke Davids
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> > record! We finished at 9:58 PM on 8/12 after a 51 mile day.(We started
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> > on 6/8 at 12 PM) David's record was 66 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes. We
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> > finished in 65 days, 9 hours, 58 minutes, breaking it by less than a
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> > day, but we did this  as backpackers without support, never rode in a
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> > car thus we walked into and out of all of our resupply towns and stuck
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> > to the official PCT 100% of the way, including around the closed
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> > glacier peak section. I lost 25 pounds, but feel pretty good, but this
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> > hike was not easy!! Doing this has only given me even more respect for
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> > David Horton and what he did in 2005 which was such a high snow year.
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> > That guy is one of my heroes, in addition to you! Anyhow you are the
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> > first person outside of David and Joe I have told I wanted you to know
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> > first. Feel free to post about it on the list if you wish or tell
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> > anyone. I am proud to have done it along with Adam, but rather than
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> > feeling triumphant I feel lucky just to have made it to the end of a
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> > hike in which we averaged 40.5 miles a day for 65 days straight. I
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> > will be in touch. Your friend, Scott
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