[pct-l] PCT Record attempt

[Jackie McDonnell]

Of course they see the beauty of the trail!  Do you really think the
scenery and experience are that drastically different at 4-5 miles an hour
than at 2-3 miles per hour?  Joe is experiencing the trail 24 hours a day
for something like 55 days.  Who are you to judge his experience?

Yes, Anish is the unsupported record holder.
Joe will be the unsupported record holder (actually he's probably finished
by now).
He has been completely up-front about the fact that he is supported.

Both hikes are admirable, and I respect the hell out of both Anish and Joe!

Yogi
www.yogisbooks.com


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Gail Van Velzer <vanvelzer at charter.net>
wrote:

> While I think Joe's attempt at the record is remarkable and wonderful that
> he would raise funds for cancer, it is assisted.  From reading the
> newspaper
> article, it seems that he is met by his team almost every night.  He
> doesn't
> have to set up camp, carry very much weight and find resupplies on his own.
> This alone allows him to have a bit more energy or at the very least he's
> not expending energy on things that don't get him down the trail.
>
> I also have a hard time with those that say that Josh Garret is the current
> record holder, because he too was assisted.  In my opinion, Heather
> Anderson
> holds the real record because she did it on her own, unassisted.
>
> With all the record setting attempts, do these people even see the beauty
> of
> the trail?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> To: "PCT" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 12:34 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] PCT Record attempt
>
>
> > Aaawwweeesome!!!!!
> >
> > HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN.
> >
> > Does anybody know if Joe already finished?
> > And, if so, what his time was?
> >
> > JMT Reinhold
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> > I saw him this past Thursday just north of Grizzly Peak, less than 150
> > miles from the border.
> >
> > Ed Jarrett (Eeyore)A Clay Jar:http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/
> > Twitter:https://twitter.com/EdJarrett53
> > Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ed.jarrett.71
> >
> >>/  Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 06:49:33 -0700
> > />/  From:rrh.henry at gmail.com
> > <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>
> > />/  To:pct-l at backcountry.net
> > <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>
> > />/  Subject: [pct-l] Supported record setting attempt by Joe McConaughy
> > />/
> > />/  There's a front page article in today's Seattle Times about an
> > attempt to
> > />/  break the PCT record, supported:
> > />/
> > />/
> >
> http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024221697_pacificcrestrunner02xml.html
> > /
> >
> >
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