[pct-l] New speed records & the crazy ones - Where are the ages???

[George Mendonsa]

How about adding ages to all these speed records for posterity.....?
KOKO-07
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Subject: Re: [pct-l] New speed records & the crazy ones


> Brian,
> You are so right....I am also proud to be considered one of the ''Crazy
> Ones'' and would have loved to meet ''Earl'' and shake his hand and tell 
> him
> how much I admire and respect him for starting this
> ''Crazy Revolution'' or shall we call it ''Evolution''?
>
> It seems not much has changed since ''Earl'' started this ''Crazy
> Evolution'' except the ''Ultra Light''
> evolution has made the ''Crazy Evolution'' even crazier..........We 
> ''Crazy
> Ones'' still get slammed
> by the ''Purists'' for hiking to fast and not enjoying our hike.
>
> They just don't understand us......but we ''Crazy Ones'', we understand 
> each
> other and that, to me,
> is really the only thing that matters.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> One of the ''Crazy Ones''
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Flyin' Brian wrote:
> A banner year indeed. It looks like the CDT yoyo may be claimed as well.
>
> Being called "crazy one" is a real honor IMO. The forerunner of us all, 
> Earl
> Shaffer was called "Crazy One." When he became the first documented
> thru-hiker of the AT in 1948, he faced skepticism and criticism that we 
> can
> scarcely imagine today. People's first reaction was that he couldn't have
> thru-hiked the AT because it was impossible. After he overcame the 
> skeptics,
> the critics jumped in. He faced so much criticism for hiking "too fast" 
> that
> his trail name became "Crazy One." Earl died in 2002 before I summoned up
> the nerve to introduce myself, and I really regret not doing so. He 
> inspired
> thousands to follow in his footsteps.
>
> Sometimes the only difference between crazy and visionary is perspective.
>
> Flyin' Brian
> ------------------------------------------
>
> JMT Reinhold wrote:
> This has been a banner year for speed records on the JMT  & PCT.
> Tattoo Joe set a new record of 79 days, 21 hrs, 42 minutes for the PCT.
> Michael Popov set a new record of 4 days, 5 hrs, 25 minutes for the
> unsupported JMT.
> Sue Johnson (Stinky Feet)  just set a new record for the supported with
> support team JMT.
> She did it in the amazing time of 3 days 15 hrs, 32 minutes Mt. Whitney -
> Happy Isles  and
> 3 days, 20 hrs Whitney  Portal  - Happy Isles.
>
> I met Sue on top of Mt. Whitney during her attempt....Just in case you 
> guys
> are interested, Sue
> is a nice girl with a great set of legs.
>
> I know.......I know..... the Purists are going to be howling    '' I can't
> understand why anybody in
> his or her right mind would want to speed through a pristine wilderness 
> like
> this''.
> I say.........HYOH........there is something to be said about setting high
> goals and then achieving them.......the pain & suffering will soon be
> forgotten, but the memories, they will last a life time.
>
> I think Brian said it best when he once told me......."Reinhold, many 
> folks
> do not understand us,
> they  do not understand the crazy things we do, It is the crazy ones like 
> us
> that understand each other''.
>
> So I say to all the crazy ones be proud you are one of the crazy ones for 
> we
> truly understand
> each other and our accomplishments, it is the other folks who don't really
> understand what they
> are missing.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> The crazy one and proud of it.
>
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