[pct-l] Coyote Rob Triple Crown Attempt

[David Thibault]

Brian had hiked the PCT before the attempt.  He had done it relatively
quickly too, hence the trail name "flying Brian".  I beleive he had a lot
of backpacking experience even before his first thru hike.



On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net>wrote:

> IIRC, Flyin' Brian was the first to triple crown in one calendar year.  Is
> his story available somewhere?  A journal or maybe a book?  I'm assuming he
> was not a newbie when he started, right?
>
>
>
> Mango
>
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> *From: *"David Thibault" <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>
> *To: *pct-l at backcountry.net
> *Sent: *Sunday, April 1, 2012 4:13:54 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [pct-l] Coyote Rob Triple Crown Attempt
>
>
> Glad to hear he is heading to the AT - I cringed when I read his initial
> plans about going to Manning, all I could think about was a SAR event -  it
> was just going to make conditions even worse.  Agreed about thru hiking
> being much more than an endurance event.
>
> Not that it can't be done - but I always smile, nod, and bite my
> tongue when I hear someone that has never hiked a long trail start out
> trying to break records or do something extremely rare and difficult like a
> yo-yo, or in this case a triple crown in one year.
>
> Not to say an inexperienced person can't do these - but even for an
> experienced hiker there is a bit of luck required, and having the skill set
> that can only be learned while doing it, adds greatly to that luck.
>
> Day-Late
>
>
>
>
> > Shon wrote:
> > >
> > What??  He made so many bad decions in his hike.  I now see why so many
> > people need resue in the backwoods.  It gives other hikers a bad name.
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, I sent him an email saying that if he's having trouble with snow in
> > the San Gabriels, flipping up to the North Cascades right now is probably
> > not going to improve his life.  *boggle*  Sounds like a few other people
> > did
> > too and he's now planning to switch over to the AT which makes a lot more
> > sense.
> >
> > I agree with Shon - this is a good reminder that thru-hiking not
> > exclusively, or even primarily, an athletic event.  Being a great athlete
> > is
> > no guarantee of success (though it doesn't hurt).  Experience in other
> > forms
> > of endurance activities like marathons or bicycle touring or whatever
> > doesn't automatically give you all of the wisdom and experience you need
> to
> > tackle long-distance hiking.  The only way to gain wisdom and experience
> in
> > thru-hiking is to get out there and hike.  Coyote Rob will know a heck
> of a
> > lot more about hiking when this is over, for sure, and one of the things
> > he'll know is that it's probably wise to get more than two short trip's
> > worth of experience at hiking before attempting something like a calendar
> > triple crown.  And maybe do some research first, too.  :-)
> >
> > Gotta admire his ambition, though.  I hope he collects himself and tries
> it
> > again when he knows what he's doing.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> >
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