[pct-l] Coyote Rob Triple Crown Attempt

[Jim & Jane Moody]

IIRC, Flyin' Bria n was the first to triple crown in one calendar year.  Is his story available somewhere?  A jo urnal or maybe a book?  I'm assuming he was not a newbie when he started, right? 



Mango 



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From: "David Thibault" <dthibaul07 at gmail.com> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 4:13:54 PM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Coyote Rob Triple Crown Attempt 

Glad to hear he is heading to the AT - I cringed when I read his initial 
plans about going to Manning, all I could think about was a SAR event -  it 
was just going to make conditions even worse.  Agreed about thru hiking 
being much more than an endurance event. 

Not that it can't be done - but I always smile, nod, and bite my 
tongue when I hear someone that has never hiked a long trail start out 
trying to break records or do something extremely rare and difficult like a 
yo-yo, or in this case a triple crown in one year. 

Not to say an inexperienced person can't do these - but even for an 
experienced hiker there is a bit of luck required, and having the skill set 
that can only be learned while doing it, adds greatly to that luck. 

Day-Late 




> Shon wrote: 
> > 
> What??  He made so many bad decions in his hike.  I now see why so many 
> people need resue in the backwoods.  It gives other hikers a bad name. 
> > 
> 
> Yeah, I sent him an email saying that if he's having trouble with snow in 
> the San Gabriels, flipping up to the North Cascades right now is probably 
> not going to improve his life.  *boggle*  Sounds like a few other people 
> did 
> too and he's now planning to switch over to the AT which makes a lot more 
> sense. 
> 
> I agree with Shon - this is a good reminder that thru-hiking not 
> exclusively, or even primarily, an athletic event.  Being a great athlete 
> is 
> no guarantee of success (though it doesn't hurt).  Experience in other 
> forms 
> of endurance activities like marathons or bicycle touring or whatever 
> doesn't automatically give you all of the wisdom and experience you need to 
> tackle long-distance hiking.  The only way to gain wisdom and experience in 
> thru-hiking is to get out there and hike.  Coyote Rob will know a heck of a 
> lot more about hiking when this is over, for sure, and one of the things 
> he'll know is that it's probably wise to get more than two short trip's 
> worth of experience at hiking before attempting something like a calendar 
> triple crown.  And maybe do some research first, too.  :-) 
> 
> Gotta admire his ambition, though.  I hope he collects himself and tries it 
> again when he knows what he's doing. 
> 
> Eric 
> 
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