[pct-l] Hiking Pace and Enjoyment

[Tortoise]

Reinhold, my friend, what is the problem?

You who often joke on this list.
You who has described yourself as one of the crazy abnormal ones.
You who frequently talks of the speed records as if speed is the way to 
hike.

So you didn't appreciate my humor.
Or in my message missed: [putting on my flack jacket for a flac attack. 
:-) ]

Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>



Reinhold Metzger wrote:
> 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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