[pct-l] Hiker Cart on the PCT

[At Rerunner]

a similar idea was used to great effect on portions of the ADT this
summer by Ladybug & Josh, although i'm sure that it is probably more
piratical to 'pull a cart' as opposed to 'pushing a stroller', which
may be only practical. if the link gets scrubbed, just do a
trailjournal photo search for 'Josh pushing'
http://trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=393264

On 12/26/08, Hiker97 at aol.com <Hiker97 at aol.com> wrote:
> Unsupported Snow Bunny Reinhold writes: My  hero,.....what a brilliant idea.
> A hiker cart.....now why did I not think of  that. I will be your hiking
> buddy from this day forward.  One hiker cart  can carry the gear of several
> hikers.  And since we don't have to carry the  gear, we don't have to be
> concerned
> about weight and take along
> all kind  of goodies like chips and beer and even hiker babes. Since you are
> bigger and  stronger than I am, I figure that you will be pulling the hiker
> cart. Of course,  I will be assisting you by making the cart lighter by
> drinking
> beer and eating  chips as we go along. The hiker babes will enjoy riding on
> the hiker cart.   Boy oh boy, I can hardly wait, hiker babes and beer and we
> don't have to carry  any of it.
> ------------------------------------------
> Brilliant Switchback replies:I was thinking along the lines that you  would
> want to pull the cart for a new JMT record --- to go along with your
> others.
> This would be truly a new UNSUPPORTED record for you.  I  would go along as
> a
> chaperon and guide.  Of course, I would not be carrying  anything, since it
> would be on your cart. Anytime I needed to, I would  sleep on the cart as it
> moved forward to Mt. Whitney and a new world JMT  record.
>
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