[pct-l] JMT record corection

Reinhold Metzger reinholdmetzger at cox.net
Fri Sep 11 04:36:37 CDT 2009


Hy gang,
Due to miscommunication I have erroneously stated that Brett's menu 
consisted of 21,000 calories daily, when in fact it consisted of 
approximately 20,000 calories for the 3 day, 14 hrs, 13 minutes duration 
of his hike.

JMT Reinhold
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> Hi gang,
>> This has been an exiting year for record attempts....Scott and Adam 
>> on the PCT and Brett Maune, Jeff Kozak, Michael Popov, and Ian 
>> Alloway on the JMT.
>>  Jeff bailed at Kearsarge Pass,  Michael bailed at Tuolumne Mdw. and 
>> the results are not yet in for Ian.
>> Brett Maune, however, as incredible as it may seem, broke both 
>> Michael's unsupported and  Sue ''Stinky feet''  Johnston's supported 
>> record but going unsupported utilizing a high tech menu consisting 
>> of  ''Perpetuem & Recoverite" delivering 21,000.........yes 21,000 
>> calories a day.
>> Holy Toledo!!!...... that is more calories a day than I consumed 
>> during any of my entire JMT fastpacks.
>> He finished in 3 days, 14 hrs, 13 minutes from the Portal and in 3 
>> days, 9 hrs, 58 minutes from the Whitney summit.
>> Wow.....that is really smoking.
>>
>> Boy, these boys have taken this JMT thing to a whole new level.
>> When I first hiked the JMT in 1996 I was wearing waffle stumper 
>> boots, hauling a 85 lb pack and cooking oat meal and freeze dries on 
>> a whisper lite stove.
>> You have to hand it to those boys, they have really taken this speed 
>> hiking to an entirely new level.
>> I can't congratulate them enough.
>>
>> JMT Reinhold
>>
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