[pct-l] Hiking Pace and Enjoyment

[Ned Tibbits]

Bravo, Reinhold!  Well said.  HYOH

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
To: <Hiker97 at aol.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>; <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 3:53 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Hiking Pace and Enjoyment


> TORTOISE,  SWITCHBACK,  compatres, good buddies, my friends, long time
> no see.
> I would describe your hiking styles as Tortoises & Switchbacks styles.
> Tortoise, why do you feel your & Switchbacks hiking styles are the
> normal hiking styles?
> There really is no normal, abnormal, right or wrong way to hike, it all
> depends what you want out of your hike and what you enjoy about hiking
> and then hike your hike to get the most enjoyment and satisfaction based
> on your own standards not on somebody else's standards.
> Big miles, little miles, fast packing, slack packing, heavy pack, ultra
> light, it does not matter....''LOVE FOR THE WILDERNESS''  is all that
> matters...and you, not anybody else should decide how to love it.
>
> We would be much more harmonious if we would just stop judging other
> hikers by our own standards and let slack packers be slack packers, fast
> packers be fast packers, turtles be turtles and rabbits be rabbits and
> let them enjoy their journey their own way.
>
> Say Switchback, what kind of operation will you have on your knees?
> Hope all goes well and speedy recovery.
> Maybe with rebuild knees you can bring back the unsupported JMT  to the
> backpacking community, where it belongs.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Your hopeless dreamer
>
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>
> Hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
>> Tortoise73 at charter.net <mailto:Tortoise73 at charter.net> writes: I don't
>> know what term you would use to describe Switchback and mine
>> style of taking time to enjoy the camp and the environment.  Perhaps
>> normal!
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> Switchback wrote:
>> I think if I was well physically, I would probably hike fast and light
>> too.  Though it is hard, I do remember my youth and how I hiked.  I
>> pushed big miles for those days.  Now that I think about it, if I just
>> added one more day to my trips, I would had a lot more fun for the
>> same trip mileage.  I guess the same would be true today when I heal
>> up after the knee operation.  I hope I remember this and use my head a
>> little more than my feet.
>>
>> I figure 95% of backpackers do trips under 4 days out on the trail.
>> May be I am wrong, but I would guess the average hike day is 8-12
>> miles.  That is pretty good and allows for nice camp time and fun.  If
>> I am out for 3 days and do 30 miles, I am satisfied and had a nice
>> adventure along the trail.  I know I could hike farther, but that is
>> not the point.  The point for me is some good exercise, adventure, and
>> goof off time with Mother Nature and my pals.
>>
>> Cheers, Switchback the Adventurer
>>
>>
>>
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