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

[Edward Anderson]

Hello Lindsey,
 
Yes, I lived on the coast two miles north of Mendocino Village. Our property bordered the Point Cabrillo Nature Preserve. We also had a ranch in Comptche. The next building north of our Mendocino home was the Light House, one'half mile away. We could watch the Grey Whale migration from our windows. We lived there 34 years. We now live in Agua Dulce. My trail name - MendoRider - was given to me by my wife. Where did you live north of Fort Bragg?
 
Enjoy your hike this summer.
 
MendoRider-Hiker
 

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 From: Lindsey Sommer <lgsommer at gmail.com>
To: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] older hikers - - - Louis Lamour quote
  
Hi Edward,

I've seen you post several times and I can't help but ask, are you from Mendocino county? I'm from north of fort Bragg!

Cheers,
Lindsey

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On Jun 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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 either 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:
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>                            " THE TRAIL IS THE THING, NOT THE END OF THE TRAIL. 
>                            TRAVEL TOO FAST, AND YOU MISS ALL YOU ARE TRAVELING FOR."
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> 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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