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

[Reinhold Metzger]

Reinhold replies to Switchback's reply:

Of course,
Switchback is a  "Must"  on everybody's  "Hero List".....I'm sure all 
list members will agree with that.

BTW.... you forgot to mention that Scott had me on his hero list.
And this loop record thing that you did is mind boggling.
It will be a hard one to break.....this record will be yours for years 
to come.

As for living on  "Lara Bars"  until the spring melt, I would highly 
recommend that you follow Tattoo Joe's
"Prestoked Calories" method instead.
It worked for him on the PCT so it is a field tested fail proof method 
to hunker down and survive a Sierra winter.
Bears have been using this  "Prestocked calories" method  since the 
beginning of time.

I noticed at the last KO that some of our hiker buddies also believe in 
restocking calories.
Boy, I would love to use the restocked calories method on another sub 
five unsupported JMT attempt but my wife
does not feed me enough to prestock calories.

JMT Reinhold
Your malnourished trail companion.
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hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
>
> Gentleman Reinhold wrote to Scott Williamson: I just got back from my 
> tenth JMT hike, this time with my wife in a leisure 15 days. I lost 10 
> lb because I was hauling a 55 lb pack to keep my wife 
> ''ultra-lite''.......I treat my women right. The plan was for me to go 
> back in after taking my wife home (I even had the permit) and do a 
> ''unsupported sub five JMT''.   However, important business 
> obligations prevented me from going back in.....bummer!!!!.....this 
> probably was my last opportunity for a ''unsupported sub five JMT'' 
> because at one month shy of age 69 my window of opportunity is 
> shutting quickly......my wife is shouting ''IT SLAMMED SHUT LONG TIME 
> AGO!!!  Ohhh well......I can always take up crocheting and knitting in 
> my old age.  Again, congratulations to you and Adam for an outstanding 
> accomplishment. 
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> Switchback replies: First, I want to add my congratulations to Scott 
> and Adam.  I noticed Scott mentioned that David Horton was one of his 
> hero's.  Of course, Switchback, would be another.  I just set a new 
> record too.  My wife (The Long Suffering Mrs. Switchback), daughter, 
> dog, and I just got back today after finishing the challenging Sierra 
> Loop in a record-breaking 4 days.  We left Las Vegas Friday and 
> traveled to Fish Camp at the south entrance to Yosemite NP and stayed 
> at the Tenaya Lodge (4-star resort that takes dogs too).  We spent 
> Saturday at the Mariposa Grove and in the valley - I did a lot of 
> viewing of the climbers on El Capitan.  Also, we had dinner with an 
> excellent wine at the Ahwahnee Lodge in the dinning room Saturday 
> night and sat the the Queen Elizabeth table location.  Sunday was 
> another visit to the Valley and then it was a fire detour drive up 
> over Tuolumne Meadows and down to Lone Pine and Mt. Whitney.  Today, 
> Monday, we drove through Death Valley and back to Las Vegas.  Another 
> successful expedition completed with no causalities.
>  
> I got the idea this morning looking up at Mt. Whitney and the Sierras 
> that I think I will drive up to the Horseshoe Meadows parking lot in 
> late September and hike a loop expedition through Trail Pass 
> to Cottonwood Pass and then back the parking lot.  This will be high 
> altitude work and not for the faint of heart.  Early season storms can 
> attack at anytime.  The ranger at the Visitor's Center in Lone Pine 
> said that the road up there will close after the first "significant" 
> snow storm.  This does not scare me.  I welcome a good fight with 
> Mother Nature.  I hope a big storm hits while I am out on the PCT 
> doing my loop.  May be I will have to stay in there until the spring 
> snow melt, living off of water and LaraBars.  No problem.