[pct-l] We broke David's PCT record

[Reinhold Metzger]

Hi gang,
Got back from the JMT, found this message from Scott and thought I share 
it and my reply with you.

Scott,
Nice to hear from you and congratulations to you and Adam on  a most 
outstanding achievement.
The PCT  in under 66 days is mind boggling.....breaking Horton's  "with 
a support team record"  without the support of a support team is just 
amazing and then finishing day 65 with 51 miles just blows me 
away.....you guys are truly hardcore.
With, I belief, twelve PCT "thru-hikes" including two yo-yo "thru-hikes" 
and now two PCT records you are without a doubt the undisputed, 
undeniable, unquestionable  ''King of the PCT ''  and I will bow in your 
presence.
You are truly my hero.
I know, all records sooner or later get broken.....I am, however, not at 
all convinced your accomplishments will ever get broken....not in my 
lifetime  anyhow.

I just got back from my tenth JMT  hike, this time with my wife in a 
leisure 15 days.
I lost 10 lb because I was hauling a 55 lb pack to keep my wife  
''ultra-lite''.......I treat my women right.
The plan was for me to go back in after taking my wife home (I even had 
the permit) and do a  ''unsupported sub five JMT''.
However, important business obligations prevented me from going back 
in.....bummer!!!!.....this probably was my last opportunity for a  
''unsupported sub five JMT''  because at one  month shy of age 69 my 
window of opportunity is shutting quickly......my wife is shouting   
''IT  SLAMMED  SHUT  LONG  TIME  AGO!!!
Ohhh well......I can always take up crocheting and knitting in my old age.

Again, congratulations to you and Adam for an outstanding accomplishment.

Your buddy
JMT  Reinhold
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scott williamson wrote: " We broke David's PCT record"
> Hey Reinhold, Just wanted you to know that Adam and I broke Davids 
> record! We finished at 9:58 PM on 8/12 after a 51 mile day.(We started 
> on 6/8 at 12 PM) David's record was 66 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes. We 
> finished in 65 days, 9 hours, 58 minutes, breaking it by less than a 
> day, but we did this  as backpackers without support, never rode in a 
> car thus we walked into and out of all of our resupply towns and stuck 
> to the official PCT 100% of the way, including around the closed 
> glacier peak section. I lost 25 pounds, but feel pretty good, but this 
> hike was not easy!! Doing this has only given me even more respect for 
> David Horton and what he did in 2005 which was such a high snow year. 
> That guy is one of my heroes, in addition to you! Anyhow you are the 
> first person outside of David and Joe I have told I wanted you to know 
> first. Feel free to post about it on the list if you wish or tell 
> anyone. I am proud to have done it along with Adam, but rather than 
> feeling triumphant I feel lucky just to have made it to the end of a 
> hike in which we averaged 40.5 miles a day for 65 days straight. I 
> will be in touch. Your friend, Scott