[pct-l] RECORD BREAKING....Tunas PCT record attempt

[Lyn Turner]

If I took a load of sweets and cakes along, could I call it the "dessert" section?

...I'll get my coat...

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> On 26 May 2014, at 19:45, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Argentina,
> Unsupported means different things to different people.
> Also, there is a saying....."HE WHO HOLDS THE RECORD SETS THE TERMS".
> 
> In my mind the 3 categories are as follows:
> 
> 1. WITH SUPPORT TEAM...hiker travels very light with minimal food, water
> and gear and has a support team meeting him on the trail with food and
> water and gear.
> 
> 2. SELF SUPPORTED...hiker resupplies along the way without support team.
> 
> 3. UNSUPPORTED...hiker has no resupplies or assistance of any kind,...no
> Burger stops, no handouts,...you live of the land and whats in your pack
> from start to finish...no exceptions.
> Those were my terms for the JMT unsupported record.
> 
> Technically, in my mind, if you subscribe to that philosophy, the PCT can
> not be done in a classic unsupported way unless the hiker reverts to
> "Gathering & Grazing".
> 
> There are many berries & meadows along the trail and you could potentially
> thru the PCT without carrying any food.
> Except for the desert section...you might have to carry a few nuts to
> get you through the desert section.
> 
> So, I guess, there actually is a 4th method...the "Gathering & Grazing" method.
> 
> JMT Reinhold
> The "Grazer".
> ...................................
> Argentina wrote:
> 
> I don't get these rules for records.
> why would hitch hiking make you supported?
> Is Scott Williams stashing food along the trail still make it unsupported
> or self supported?
> So, if you stash food at trail heads you don't go into town, so who cares
> if you have a rule no hitch hiking into towns. We need 3 categories of
> records or more: Supported; Self supported, Unsupported.
> 
> Argentina
> 
> 
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