[pct-l] PCT Yo-Yo-Yo Challenge

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Yo-Yo Scott wrote:

A double  yo-yo?! A yo-yo-yo?! I've been dreaming of that! An excuse to stay  
 
out there on the trail longer. Sign me up baby!  Scott




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I told him down at the Campo PCT  monument when he finished that I could not 
imagine doing two 30-miles days in a  row.  He had been punching them out for 
months.  More like 30-40 miles  per day.  Beyond my comprehension.  I cannot 
grasp the enormity  of the accomplishment.  
 
I told my wife and my old hiking  partner, Rattlesnake, that it was the 
greatest thing I had ever seen or will see  in hiking.  Historical.  Glad I drove 
down from Las  Vegas.
 
I know.  We need a one  calendar year Yo-Yo-Yo challenge for the PCT.  Let's 
see what should be the  prize?  I will throw in two nights for two at the 
Julian Orchard Hill  Country Inn.  I have stayed there when I have attended the 
April  Kickoff at Lake Morena.  It is super nice. First class.  My kind  of 
place.
 
Of course, you are probably  thinking what is a Trail Pirate staying at a 
place that offers for dinner fine  wine, Kiev style, free range breast of chicken 
(with basil and feta cheese  stuffing and parmesan cream sauce), grilled 
portabello mushrooms Napoleon, dry  rubbed grilled Brandt's all natural prime 
tri-tip (with Bordelaise sauce),  Orchard Hill crab cakes, fresh baked country 
rolls, grilled Colorado prime  lamb (with garlic rosemary rub), and the Orchard 
Hill signature bread pudding  (with lemon sauce and chantilly cream).
 
Oh, I almost forgot the Orchard  Hill signature salad to begin things.  It is 
mixed organic spring greens,  roasted walnuts, gorgonzola cheese and herb 
vinaigrette.  By the way, there  is a dress code for dinner.  Also, I have gotten 
my massages there  too.  Very nice.  The lady who does them is a local and 
know lots of  stories about the area.
 
I just answered  your question about staying there.  I could be down at Lake  
Morena with all the grubby backpackers munching on some stale GORP  or 
staying at a nice warm dry place with fine linen and crystal  water glasses.  Then 
in the morning I can put on some old  clothes and head down to Lake Morena and 
act like I am a mountainman/woman  backpacker like everyone else.  I can hold 
seminars on gear and techniques  and tell stories about my adventures on the 
trail. The scam is too  cool.
 
Switchback the Trail  Pirate
Future Grand Canyon  Rescuee