[pct-l] Ultra-light psychosis

[J J at Ridge Trail]

That reminds me of the fellow Green Machine and I ran into on the John Muir Trail in 2003. It has to do with weight: his own. His pack must have weighed in north of 60 pounds. And he was overweight; about as overweight as I am now. And his plan was to eat nothing but sugar while on the trail in order to lose some of that weight. And he was carrying a lot of real food just in case. In the three days we were around each other, as far as he would say and we could see, he consumed only sweetened tea.

Must have been from Oregon, or Washington, or the East Coast. Or some foreign country. Or San Diego.

Jim Keener ( J J )
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On Dec 4, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Austin Williams wrote:

> I realized I had taken my ultra-light philosophy too far when I caught my
> self seriously trying to figure out whether I could hike the Oregon Section
> of the PCT eating nothing but multivitamins and drinking nothing but olive
> oil and protein powder shakes.
> 
> I just had to share that with people who would appreciate it.  :)
> 
> I was also considering inventing some kind of powder/paste concoction made
> of crushed multivitamins, lard, peanut butter, protein powder, etc.....
> 
> Then I was like, "Okay, I've really lost the big picture of this whole
> thing..."
> 
> :D
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