[pct-l] Fw: JMT

[Reinhold Metzger]

> Brian,
> Nice to hear from you and hope all is going well for you and the family,
> your enjoying your new home and your new association and hiking with the
Boy
> Scouts.
> To answer your question, Adam Bradley & Jeff Singewald (hard-core pct-l
> members) and some BPL member expressed an interest of going for the
> unsupported JMT record this year.
> There are others who have expressed an interest but I don't know their
time
> frame.
> When I read in  ''GO-LITE''  that Brian Robinson is going for the JMT
record
> this year I thought well, there goes the record.....but then I thought no
he
> is not going for the unsupported record.....he is going for the faster
Kevin Sawchucks supported
> record.
> But, it turned out, you have other priorities and are not going for either
> one.
>
> And, of course, there always is ''John Stamstad'' the hall of fame super
> endurance athlete who has twice come up short....In 2005 he bailed due to
> equipment problems.....In 2006 he bailed due to health problems but, its
all
> part of the equation.
> John is not the kind of guy who will accept the fact that he twice failed
to
> beat the time of a 66 year old Sr. Citizen.
> I have not spoken to John in a while, but I have a feeling he is going to
> come back with a  vengeance and not only claim the record, but kick it
clear
> across the Rockies.
> I am just amazed that it held so long.......the time has come to pass the
> torch to the younger generation.
> He is sort of like you....you graduated from backpacking into extreme
> endurance running......John graduated from mountain biking into extreme
> endurance running.
> He is all over the web-site, 15+ pages......like I said just like you.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Your hopelessly in love with the JMT trail companion