[pct-l] older hikers - - - Louis Lamour quote

[Edward Anderson]

I prefer to take my time and enjoy the trail. This summer I plan to ride the PCT from Horseshoe Meadows to Tuoloume Meadows. Then I will ride west to Wawona to visit the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.  I am allowing about a month to do something over 300 miles - I want time to fish and enjoy the scenery.  I am now 76 and have already ridden the PCT (Solo, and unsupported, during 2008, 2009, and 2011.} from Mexico to Canada - EXCEPT for the part that I will ride this summer. I am someone who dislikes having to be on any kind of schedule when camping while hiking or riding.  During the past 30 years I have ridden over 45,800 miles; most of that related to the sport of Endurance Racing. The PCT is no race.
 
I want to contribute to this list the following quote from Louis Lamour:
 
                           " THE TRAIL IS THE THING, NOT THE END OF THE TRAIL. 
                           TRAVEL TOO FAST, AND YOU MISS ALL YOU ARE TRAVELING FOR."
 
MendoRider - Hiker 
 
 
 
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 From: jack kendrick <jackkendrick84 at frontier.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 12:15 PM
Subject: [pct-l] older hikers
  
A word for the older hikers out there. At the kickoff I met an older woman who's trail name is mother goose. This remarkable woman has 34,000 trail miles to her credit. (six through hikes of the AT). She in now hiking on the PCT. The advise she gave me was "to hike slower and longer". She is an inspiration to all of us senior hikers.  yukon jack, older than dirt hiker trash.
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