[pct-l] food weight

[Reinhold Metzger]

Yes Switchback,....I can understand why I may seem scrawny to 
you.....165 lb. compared to 465 lb certainly could be considered scrawny 
by some folks.
Other folks would consider it  "Lean  vs  Rotund".
In the USMC the  "Infantry" (Grunts) are known as the "Lean, Green 
Hiking Machine"....none of the "Grunts" are "Rotund"  they are "Lean", 
or scrawny as you call it....the USMC  likes'm lean.
As a matter of fact the USMC goes through all kinds of trouble to insure 
the grunts do not grow rotund and stay scrawny as you call it.
I always have been lean....besides, the girls like me lean or scrawny as 
you call it.

As far as the JMT records are concerned, unlike you, I never prey on 
hikers on my speed hikes.
As a matter of fact it is the other way around.....on the trail to long 
hiker babes have been chasing me for years.

THAT  IS  HOW  I  GOT  TO  BE  A  SPEED  HIKER!!!

So far I have always managed to outrun them but, as I'm getting older, I 
am afraid, sooner or later, some of them are going to catch me and have 
their way with me.

JMT Reinhold
Your scrawny trail companion
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On 4/2/2011 6:12 PM, hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> Melanie wrote: Fat calories are the easiest to carry as your body 
> derives more energy per weight.
> That is why your body stores extra energy as fat in your body.  It is 
> the easiest to carry around.
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> Malnourished Unsupported Reinhold writes: Yes Melanie, Switchback has 
> this down to a science.
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> Switchback replies: Has anyone ever wondered how JMT Unsupported 
> accomplished all those records.  How does he do it with such a scrawny 
> body and super light pack?  Now connect the dots.  When folks go 
> missing out on the trail, they are usually well fed hikers.  I say 
> there should be an investigation on the timing of Unsupported's 
> records and missing hikers.  I for one am going to be extra alert this 
> season on the PCT.
> If you ever see Unsupported wondering around the April Kickoff, he 
> always looks like he is looking for something.  You never see him in 
> line for a meal.  He is always scoping out the hikers, the hefty 
> kind.   I say when Unsupported is around we hikers should get 
> into a circle facing outward like Cape Buffalo when predators are 
> around.  Just a suggestion.
>