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

[Brick Robbins]

Your horse carries your stuff. Not you. Your horse is packing your
gear and your food. That is what I meant.



On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Brick,
>
> I have never used a pack animal. I carry all that I need on the one horse
> that I ride - and I sometimes hike. In the Sierra this summer I will eat a
> lot of trout and I will have time to forage for wild plants that I am
> already familiar with. My longest distance between resupplies will be from
> Onion Valley (my first resupply location) to VVR. That will take about two
> weeks. In 1957, when I hiked the JMT, It took 18 days. I only went from
> Whitney Portal to Tuolumne Meadows. I did not need a resupply. I was in no
> hurry. Yes, I was a "heavy trucker", my Kelty Pack probably weighed 65
> pounds when I started.
>
> If you might be interested in seeing how I pack my horse, here is a link
> that will get you to the slide show of my PCT ride.
>
>            http://www.photodex.com/share/mendoridered/ppm9cmg4
>
> I also want to thank you for creating the PCT-L.
>
> MendoRider-Hiker
>
> From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> To: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 9, 2012 3:02 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Older Hikers--Louis Lamour quote
>
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> Just don't buy in to the "Big Miles" culture. HYOH is a valid attitude. I
>> plan to take my time this summer and will average fewer than 10 miles per
>> day while riding.<
>
> There are a couple of considerations here
>
> 1)Thru Hiking. You have to get to Canada before it starts to snow. 10
> miles a day won't do that.
>
> 2)Slower hiking means carrying more food.... which is not much of an
> issue if a pack animal is carrying your food for you. By doing 30 mile
> days I was able to get by with 11 lbs of food for a 150 mile stretch,
> which made the hiking a lot more enjoyable
>
> Remember that 30 miles a day is not really speed hiking, it is only 10
> hours of hiking at a reasonable 3mph, and that leaves 14 hours for
> taking pics, sleeping, cooking, sitting in beautiful meadows.
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