[pct-l] Older Hikers--Louis Lamour quote

[giniajim]

The trick here is having your body tuned to be walking pretty much 
continuously 12-14 hours a day.  That requires some good physical 
preparation to avoid leg cramps and repetitive stress injuries.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net>
To: "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>; "Brick Robbins" <brick at brickrobbins.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Older Hikers--Louis Lamour quote


Good morning, ,

I’ll second Radar's comments.  I usually awake early and munch my granola
or bars while in the sack waiting for daylight; then I’m on the trail as
soon as it’s as I can see well – normally around 5 AM.  I don’t heat food
so snacks, lunch, and dinner are while I’m taking a breather at the top of
a hill, etc.  By the time I camp it’s around 7 PM and I’ve already eaten
miles back so I just crawl in the sack and sleep.

>From 5 AM to 7 PM is 14 hours for 25-30 miles -- about 2 miles/hour -- but
that includes breaks, gawking, scooping water, and irrigating the shrubbery.
 Still the actual hiking speed is only about 2.5 miles/hour.  That’s not
exactly a break-neck pace.

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Gary Wright <gwtmp01 at mac.com> wrote:

>
> The biggest take away for me was that Brian didn't hike "fast".  He
> claimed,
> if I recall correctly, a 2.5 MPH pace.  What he was *really* good at 
> though
> was being efficient:
>
> Radar