[pct-l] Scott Williamson on track to set a new pct record

[Reinhold Metzger]

Say Switchback,
First of all, those ''Pilgrim Outings'', as you call them, are high 
adventure expeditions.
Take Hawaii, last year, for instance.....I decided to cut a planed JMT 
triple short after one thru because the women decided to go to Hawaii 
and after sleeping in the dirt, eating cold cereal and beans and 
drinking iodine water for one week the thought of eating Polynesian 
Chicken, slurping Mai Tais and watching bikini clad surfer girls sounded 
to good to resist.
So, I decided to cut the JMT triple short after one thru and join the 
women in Hawaii.
BTW....this was my 11th JMT thru.....I can always hike the JMT, but 
Hawaii and the chance to hike Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa does not present 
itself everyday.
After all, they are the tallest mountains in the world, measured from 
their base.
Mauna Kea rises 13,796 feet above sea level and Mauna Loa 13,677 feet.
However, measured from their base, they are the tallest Mountains in the 
world.
Mauna Loa, measured from its base, about 42,000 feet below the ocean 
surface, is the tallest mountain in the world at roughly 55,000 
feet....almost twice as tall as Mt. Everest.
At 21,592 cubic miles Mouna Loa is also the most massive mountain in the 
world more than 100 times the size of Mt. Rainier in Washington.
I'm sure you understand why I had to climb those Mountains when the 
opportunity came.

Slurping Mai Tais and watching bikini clad surfer girls, however, can be 
very stressful, especially to older guys like me.
Besides, Karen kept giving me that  ''evil''  look.....she did not seem 
to accept my logic that I was merely admiring the bikinis,....not what 
was in the bikinis.
Well anyhow, I barely survived that expedition and lived to talk about it.
You should climb those mountains someday Switchback.
I would advise that you update your will and and change your life 
insurance policy to ''double indemnity'' before you embark on that 
expedition, because I doubt that you will survive.

JMT Reinhold
Your concerned trail companion
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On 10/8/2011 5:15 PM, hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> Unsupported JMT Reinhold writes:So, if any of you folks or ''Hiker 
> Trash'' want to shake hands with the one and only  Scott Williamson, 
> the one and only  ''King of the PCT'',  Come on out on Tuesday.  I 
> know all records sooner or later get broken,....but I am not sure if 
> Scott's accomplishments on the PCT will ever be equaled.....not in my 
> lifetime anyhow.
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> Switchback replies: This is to laugh.  I will easily smash these 
> records on my 2013 PCT thru-hike.  My pace will be blistering right 
> out of the box from Campo.  Since Scott has set a new Yo-Yo record I 
> will definitely beat this by a wide margin in 2013.  It won't even be 
> close.  So, you will see it in your life-time if you are around in 
> 2013.  But you probably won't see it because you will be on a cruise 
> or vacation in Hawaii or some other pilgrim outing.  While we 
> mountainmen are out impressing Mother Nature with our exploits and 
> bravery.