[pct-l] Hiking Pace and Enjoyment

[Reinhold Metzger]

Thank you Ned,  I knew you would understand.
Somethings are best not left unsaid.

JMT Reinhold

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Ned Tibbits wrote:
> Bravo, Reinhold!  Well said.  HYOH
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> Mtnned
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhold Metzger" 
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>>> 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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