[pct-l] food weight

[Reinhold Metzger]

Yes Switchback,......I envy  "ROTUND"  hikers like you.
You guys can just cruise along cranking out 3-4 miles a day, for weeks 
at a time, on pre-stocked calories which don't even need to be chewed.
And, since you guys don't need a stove, pot, fuel, bear canister or much 
cold weather gear because you guys are well insulated,  your packs are 
so light you are the envy of all the ultra-lighters.

Scrawny hikers like me, without pre-stocked calories, would need to rely 
on grazing to get  UL like you.

Yes,.....I'm going to insist on Karen (my wife) to feed me better so I 
can be "ROTUND"  just like you.

JMT Reinhold
Your scrawny trail companion
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On 4/6/2011 6:59 AM, hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> Lean Unsupported Machine Reinhold writes: 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 too 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.
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> Switchback replies: Once again, Lean Scrawny Machine has missed the 
> lesson's of history.  Everywhere and in all of history it is the more 
> rotund folks who are the elders, wise men/women, respected councilors, 
> and most efficient hikers.  We rotund hikers carry our food with us 
> all the time in case of an emergency.  For example, I can go for three 
> weeks on the PCT without resupply.  In fact, many a time on the trail 
> I have gone 72 hours straight without stopping.  I just set it on 
> cruise control and take naps as I stroll along.  Then when I come to a 
> nice camp spot, I motor in and park.  Let's see Scrawny try that.