[pct-l] Williamson attempting to regain unsupported PCT

[Reinhold Metzger]

Yes,
I dread a world where everybody thought like Diane...Because I and all my
hard-core backpacking buddies and icons of the trail like Scott, Adam, Joe,
Brian, Andy, Anish, Josh  would be considered  "kinda stupid".

JMT Reinhold
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On 9/9/2013 5:33 AM, Dana wrote:
> The only thing I have to say is HYOH. If we were all the same life wouldn't be so interesting.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 7, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Diane wrote:
>> On the general subject of speed or other records, I think they are
>> actually kinda stupid.
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>> Reinhold wrote:
>> Diane,
>> They are not as stupid as you think.
>> Crazy,.....perhaps.....but not stupid.
>>
>> In nature not all things are created equal.
>> Some of us are borne with 4 cylinders, some of us are born with 8 cylinders.
>> There are rabbits and there are tortoises.
>> The 4 cylinders and the tortoises will forever argue that the 8
>> cylinders and
>> the rabbits are going to fast and not enjoying their journey.
>>
>> Who is to say that the 4 cylinders and the tortoises are enjoying their
>> journey
>> more than the 8 cylinders and the rabbits?
>> I say let each travel at  their own chosen speed and enjoy their journey
>> their
>> own way.
>>
>> I have been a rabbit and a tortoise and enjoyed my journeys either way.
>>
>> There is something to be said about and great satisfaction in setting
>> extreme
>> goals and then pushing your body to the limit to achieve those goals.
>>
>> Diane, you may not understand this, but Scott, Joe, Brian, Adam, Andy,
>> Anish,
>> Josh, and many others on this list do understand.
>> Besides, the aches and the pains will soon be forgotten, but the
>> memories,...
>> aaahhhh....THE  MEMORIES.....they will last a life time.
>>
>> I like the way Radar and Brian ones put it.
>> Radar said..."Why must there be a right way and a wrong way to hike the
>> trail"?
>>
>> Yes,....I ask you.....WHY?
>>
>> Brian once told me......"Reinhold, some folks don't understand
>> us......they don't
>> understand the crazy things we do...........BUT  WE  CRAZY ONES..........
>> WE  UNDERSTAND  EACH  OTHER."
>>
>> JMT Reinhold
>> One of the crazy ones
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