[pct-l] Switchback Record Attempts Public Announcements

[Reinhold Metzger]

SWITCHBACK,
Your Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to-rim to break Meadow Ed's record sounds
interesting.
By the way what is Meadow Ed's record?
I have done the rim-to-rim-to-rim a couple of times in one day.
Each time I started before sun-rise and finished after sun-set.
Great endurance challenge....just shy of 50 miles with 10,600 feet of
elevation rise & drop
and extreme heat.
It will be a good tune up, after your knee surgery, for a hard core
hiker like you.
May I suggest you do it on Memorial Day to lessen the probability of
substantially above
100 degree summer temperatures and to ensure the north rim trails are
not closed due to snow.
The north rim does not open until Memorial Day.
May I further suggest you do it via the North Kaibab & Bright Angel
Trails instead the North
& South Bass Trails so you can cross the Colorado River via the
suspension bridge instead of
swimming across the river at Bass Rapids.

Now the unsupported JMT record, that is another matter.
Will you be going north or south?
It is important that I know that so I can have  ''Paramedics'' with
stretchers waiting for you at mile 3.

On second thought I think I will have  ''Angelina''  or  ''Catra''
waiting for you instead to urge you on
and  motivate you to bring back the unsupported JMT  to the Backpacker
Community were it belongs.
I'm sure, with   ''Angelina''   and   ''Catra''  on your mind, you will
have no trouble bringing home the
unsupported JMT.

    JMT Reinhold
    aka  ''The Canyon Rat''.
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> Actually, I have both knees operated on Friday, December 7.? I figure soon after that I will start my training routine for my double PCT Yo-Yo hike.? I also plan to do a rim-to-rim-to rim?in the Grand Canyon as a?continual hike and?beat MeadowEd's record.? No problem.??As an appetizer for these hikes I will set the unsupported record on the JMT too.
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> I thank you for your good wishes and support.
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