[pct-l] Fw: - ANDREW SKURKA

[Tortoise]

Jeese!!

I'd settle for just some of Andy's energy!

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Reinhold Metzger wrote:
>  GREAT  NEWS!!!
> 
>  Andy informed me he just completed the 1726 miles PCT section from the
>  Mexican border to Castle Crags in 45.6 days.
>  I dropped Andy off at the border on June 5, 2006 at 6:15 pm and he finished
>  on July 21.
>  That is 1726 miles not counting resuply miles or a 17 mile side trip to Mt.
>  Whitney.
>  The 45.6 days includes 2.75 days lost due to a dropped package and a closed
>  post office.
> 
>> WOW!!!.......1726 miles in 45.6 days......that is 37.8 miles per day  &
> if
>  one discounts the 2.75 lost days..... that is
>  40+ miles per day and much of it in the Sierra.
> 
>  OUTSTANDING ANDY........you are as we say in the Corps a..........LEAN
> MEAN
>  HIKING  MACHINE.
> 
>  He lost 25lb and was not overweight to begin with..........Ahhhh,
>  endurance hiking a great way to loose weight.
>  But 25 lb that is a lot, because he was lean to begin with........I bet a
>  lot of that weight loss was muscle mass.
>  Next he is off to Colorado to do the Colorado trail in 15 days.
> 
> WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO BE YOUNG AGAIN AN HAVE ANDY'S ENERGY.
> 
> JMT Reinhold
>  Your over the hill  &  limping along trail companion
> 
> 
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