[pct-l] Mt Humphrey Expedition PCT Training Expedition

[carol bruno]

Ha!ha!  Are we still talking about this trip???  Yes, you are revealing a new but very traditional backpacking secret.  I find preparing three months in advance with dinner in fine restaurants (more calories) is really the key.  /can'tquit

Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote: Shauna and All,

why are you so jealous of Switchback and Meadow Ed's food carrying 
technique. By eating their food before hitting the trail they save all 
the packaging weight, don't need a bear bag or bear cannister, stove, 
pot, etc. They don't leave cooking debris and fire rings behind. They 
even get to eat real food instead of the cardboard and sawdust like 
stuff most thruhikers eat. Their technique is the traditional way to 
carry one's food on long treks dating back to our prehuman ancestors.

And unlike Tom Reynolds, they don't have to cram 2 weeks food into a 
bear canister for their week long trip.

In fact, I'm starting to pre-eat for my future trips. I'll be wear 
packed by the time I hit the trail!

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Hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
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> Shauna writes: You'll have better luck if you're not proceeded up the  trail 
> by a huge pot belly.
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> I am shocked you  would talk about MeadowsEd like that!!  He is my friend and 
> I do not think  of him that way at all.  But I guess you are young and 
> slender and feel  like you can take shots at senior hikers -- just wait and someday  
> you are going to get a big surprise.  
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> Say, you do bring  up a good point.  Everyone should work harder at staying 
> shape as they get  older.  For example, I am on a (pedometer) 10,000 steps/3 
> liters of  water per day routine to be mean and lean.  I find that I have walk 
> with my  pack in the early morning and evening to make my 10,000 steps.  But 
> that is  what us hard core backpackers do to stay in shape.  You have to be  
> disciplined and tough with a lot of backpacking grit.  Just like MeadowsEd  and 
> me.
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> I thank you.
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> Switchback the Pedometer
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