[pct-l] RECORD BREAKING....Tunas PCT record attempt

[Grant Bennett]

Ah! How absurd

On 5/27/14 1:00 PM, Lyn Turner wrote:
> If I took a load of sweets and cakes along, could I call it the "dessert" section?
>
> ...I'll get my coat...
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 26 May 2014, at 19:45, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> Argentina,
>> Unsupported means different things to different people.
>> Also, there is a saying....."HE WHO HOLDS THE RECORD SETS THE TERMS".
>>
>> In my mind the 3 categories are as follows:
>>
>> 1. WITH SUPPORT TEAM...hiker travels very light with minimal food, water
>> and gear and has a support team meeting him on the trail with food and
>> water and gear.
>>
>> 2. SELF SUPPORTED...hiker resupplies along the way without support team.
>>
>> 3. UNSUPPORTED...hiker has no resupplies or assistance of any kind,...no
>> Burger stops, no handouts,...you live of the land and whats in your pack
>> from start to finish...no exceptions.
>> Those were my terms for the JMT unsupported record.
>>
>> Technically, in my mind, if you subscribe to that philosophy, the PCT can
>> not be done in a classic unsupported way unless the hiker reverts to
>> "Gathering & Grazing".
>>
>> There are many berries & meadows along the trail and you could potentially
>> thru the PCT without carrying any food.
>> Except for the desert section...you might have to carry a few nuts to
>> get you through the desert section.
>>
>> So, I guess, there actually is a 4th method...the "Gathering & Grazing" method.
>>
>> JMT Reinhold
>> The "Grazer".
>> ...................................
>> Argentina wrote:
>>
>> I don't get these rules for records.
>> why would hitch hiking make you supported?
>> Is Scott Williams stashing food along the trail still make it unsupported
>> or self supported?
>> So, if you stash food at trail heads you don't go into town, so who cares
>> if you have a rule no hitch hiking into towns. We need 3 categories of
>> records or more: Supported; Self supported, Unsupported.
>>
>> Argentina
>>
>>
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