[pct-l] pct-l Digest, Vol 46, Issue 8
Andrea Dinsmore
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Sun Aug 12 20:16:52 CDT 2007
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> 1. Re: New unsupprted JMT record (hiker97 at aol.com)
> 2. Re: New unsupprted JMT record (hiker97 at aol.com)
> 3. Re: New unsupprted JMT record.htm (hiker97 at aol.com)
> 4. Are we still down? (ed faubert)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:21:10 -0400
> From: hiker97 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] New unsupprted JMT record
> To: reinholdmetzger at cox.net, pct-l at backcountry.net,
> Tortoise73 at charter.net, losthiker at sisqtel.net,
> alshaver2000 at yahoo.com,
> JOHN_STAMSTAD at patagonia.com, brian.robinson at sbcglobal.net,
> Aaron.W.Sorensen at uscg.mil, michael.popov at yahoo.com,
> chiappaj at gmail.com
> Message-ID: <8C9A75002BE4730-954-4239 at webmail-db19.sysops.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> This is too cool.? A big congratulations for a job?well done.
>
> Now I know what to shoot for on my JMT Most Supported attempt.??
>
> Cheers, Switchback
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> To: 'PCT-L' <pct-l at backcountry.net>; Hiker97 at aol.com; Tortoise <
> Tortoise73 at charter.net>; Deems <losthiker at sisqtel.net>; Al Shaver <
> alshaver2000 at yahoo.com>; John Stamstad <JOHN_STAMSTAD at patagonia.com>;
> Brian Robinson <brian.robinson at sbcglobal.net>; Sorensen, Aaron BM1 <
> Aaron.W.Sorensen at uscg.mil>; michael.popov at yahoo.com; chiappaj at gmail.com
> Sent: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:59 am
> Subject: New unsupprted JMT record
>
>
>
> Hi gang,
> Just to let you know that a new unsupported JMT record has been set by
> ultra
> marathon endurance runner Michael Popov.
> Michael finished in an amazing 4 days 5 hrs and 25 minutes.
> Aaron Sorensen abandoned his attempt at Vermilion (mile 120) due to foot
> problems.
> Jon Chiappa also abandoned his attempt at Vermilion two weeks ago.
>
> Still to come is the attempt by hall of fame super endurance athlete John
> Stamstad and
> Iron Man Justin Angle...all of a sudden all the big boys are gunning for
> the
> unsupported JMT.
>
> Michael is a 29 year old Russian immigrant who has lived in the good old
> USA
> for 9 years and has been a marathon runner for most of his life.
> Michael has placed 4th in the San Diego 100 ultra-marathon in 2005 & 2006.
> Aaron, a Coast Guard petty officer, was awakened one evening, south of
> Mather Pass, by a
> bear sniffing his pack he was using as a pillow (Pheeww, that was a close
> one).
>
> They hauled 70 lb of mostly beer & food, including a 20lb can of Heineken
> beer they saw in Lone Pine, to Trail Camp were they acclimated, guzzled
> &
> gorged themselves, known among endurance runners as calorie or carbo
> stocking, for 3 days before they took off in a blaze of glory from the
> top
> of Mt. Whitney, yodeling at the top of their lungs all the way......what a
> sight that must have been!!!
>
> Judging by the results, they were very successful in their ''calorie
> stocking'' attempt, unlike Jon, who, just plain and simple, ran out of
> calories.
>
> So there you have it guys, the proof is in the pudding......Heineken beer
> came through again.
> It just shows that the sky is the limit when you are powered by beer.
>
> JMT Reinhold, I drink to that
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:34:47 -0400
> From: hiker97 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] New unsupprted JMT record
> To: michael.popov at yahoo.com, Aaron.W.Sorensen at uscg.mil,
> reinholdmetzger at cox.net, pct-l at backcountry.net,
> Tortoise73 at charter.net, losthiker at sisqtel.net,
> alshaver2000 at yahoo.com, JOHN_STAMSTAD at patagonia.com,
> brian.robinson at sbcglobal.net, chiappaj at gmail.com
> Message-ID: <8C9A751E97EF590-954-42F0 at webmail-db19.sysops.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> I wonder what the JMT supported record is?? That would be cool to do.?
> Then compare the results.? Very interesting.
>
> Cheers, Switchback the Trail Pirate
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Popov <michael.popov at yahoo.com>
> To: Sorensen, Aaron BM1 <Aaron.W.Sorensen at uscg.mil>;
> michael.popov at yahoo.com; Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>; PCT-L
> <pct-l at backcountry.net>; Hiker97 at aol.com; Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>;
> Deems <losthiker at sisqtel.net>; Al Shaver <alshaver2000 at yahoo.com>; John
> Stamstad <JOHN_STAMSTAD at patagonia.com>; Brian Robinson <
> brian.robinson at sbcglobal.net>; chiappaj at gmail.com
> Sent: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 9:02 pm
> Subject: RE: New unsupprted JMT record
>
>
> What is CT? Well, you know, I'm down anyway! Arrrrrr!!!!
>
> "Sorensen, Aaron BM1" <Aaron.W.Sorensen at uscg.mil> wrote:
> Hey Mike Popov,
> How about next year we go for the CT Unsupported?
> Current record is 14 days 9 hours and 30 minutes?
> Ha, ha, just kidding.
> Aaron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: michael.popov at yahoo.com [mailto:michael.popov at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 6:05 PM
> To: Reinhold Metzger; 'PCT-L'; Hiker97 at aol.com; Tortoise; Deems; Al
> Shaver; John Stamstad; Brian Robinson; Sorensen, Aaron BM1;
> michael.popov at yahoo.com; chiappaj at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: New unsupprted JMT record
>
> Heya, guys!!
>
> Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it.
>
> I'm still writing up my race report, so as soon as it's finished I'll send
> it out (tonight or tomorrow). Aaron's report is very good, it was fun to
> read too. :)
>
> My body is wrecked, feet and sunburned lips, but I'm still planning on
> racing an inaugural Headlands Hundred next weekend. And have a nice pre-race
> "carboloading". It seems to be working just fine. :)
>
> -Mike Popov
>
> Reinhold Metzger wrote:
>
> Hi gang,
> Just to let you know that a new unsupported JMT record has been set by
> ultra
> marathon endurance runner Michael Popov.
> Michael finished in an amazing 4 days 5 hrs and 25 minutes.
> Aaron Sorensen abandoned his attempt at Vermilion (mile 120) due to foot
> problems.
> Jon Chiappa also abandoned his attempt at Vermilion two weeks ago.
>
> Still to come is the attempt by hall of fame super endurance athlete John
> Stamstad and
> Iron Man Justin Angle...all of a sudden all the big boys are gunning for
> the
> unsupported JMT.
>
> Michael is a 29 year old Russian immigrant who has lived in the good old
> USA
> for 9 years and has been a marathon runner for most of his life.
> Michael has placed 4th in the San Diego 100 ultra-marathon in 2005 & 2006.
> Aaron, a Coast Guard petty officer, was awakened one evening, south of
> Mather Pass, by a
> bear sniffing his pack he was using as a pillow (Pheeww, that was a close
> one).
>
> They hauled 70 lb of mostly beer & food, including a 20lb can of Heineken
> beer they saw in Lone Pine, to Trail Camp were they acclimated, guzzled &
> gorged themselves, known among endurance runners as calorie or carbo
> stocking, for 3 days before they took off in a blaze of glory from the top
> of Mt. Whitney, yodeling at the top of their lungs all the way......what a
> sight that must have been!!!
>
> Judging by the results, they were very successful in their ''calorie
> stocking'' attempt, unlike Jon, who, just plain and simple, ran out of
> calories.
>
> So there you have it guys, the proof is in the pudding......Heineken beer
> came through again.
> It just shows that the sky is the limit when you are powered by beer.
>
> JMT Reinhold, I drink to that
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:41:59 -0400
> From: hiker97 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] New unsupprted JMT record.htm
> To: reinholdmetzger at cox.net, pct-l at backcountry.net,
> Tortoise73 at charter.net
> Message-ID: <8C9A752EAE9EB3D-590-2C65 at WEBMAIL-MB09.sysops.aol.com>
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>
> To clarify, I am in training for the Most Supported JMT record.? Pack
> train support all the way and Monaco Motor Coach at roads intersections.?
> Since, I believe this is a new category, I will be the first to set the
> world record.?
>
>
>
> I thank you.
>
>
>
> Switchback
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> To: 'PCT-L' <pct-l at backcountry.net>; Hiker97 at aol.com; Tortoise <
> Tortoise73 at charter.net>
> Sent: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 3:38 am
> Subject: [pct-l] New unsupprted JMT record.htm
>
>
>
>
> ?
>
> ?
>
> DEEMS,
>
> Not so fast.......Switchback, who to the best of my knowledge is a Sr.
> Citizen, is rumored to be in training
>
> to bring back the unsupported JMT record?to the pct-l backpacking
> community, where it belongs.
>
> His up coming Mt. Whitney expedition is a mere shake down & acclimation
> hike in preparation for
>
> ''The Big One'', the unsupported JMT record.
>
> ?
>
> JMT Reinhold
>
> ?
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> ?DEEMS?wrote:
>
>
> ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>
> ?HI gang,
> Just to let you know that a new unsupported JMT record has been set by
> ultra
> marathon endurance runner Michael Popov.
> Michael, 29, finished in an amazing 4 days 5 hrs and 25 minutes.
> ~~~^^~~^^~^~^~^~^~^
> I will only be amazed if Michael can beat Reinhold's record made in his
> 63rd
> yr of life. So Michael, please go run it again in the year 2041, and see
> if
> you can beat Reinhold's 5d7h45m. Yes, there will be some that will be
> faster, and the masses will be slower, but few that walk the JMT will have
> loved it and given so much of himself to the John Muir Trail as Reinhold.
> Though the torch and moment passes on to another, The Legend of Reinhold
> will be whispered around Sierran campfires for decades to come . So,
> Reinhold, it's now time for you to hike the John Muir Trail, again, just
> to
> enjoy your trail with no more pressure to perform; the record and torch
> has
> been passed, and very gracefully by you. Congratulations to Michael
> Popov!!
>
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 19:25:59 -0700 (PDT)
> From: ed faubert <edfaubert at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Are we still down?
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