[pct-l] Average male waist size

[Timothy Nye]

I was sectioning through the north Sierra in '06 and pitched next to a guy
who was extremely large. He was SoBo from mid Oregon and carried a by then
tattered newspaper article from his hometown paper with his picture. He was
 400 lbs in the pic and had lost well over 100 lbs as he was then, and you
can probably imagine ( He was wistfully recalling a spaghetti dinner at
Pooh Corner during breakfast) he was very determined and swore he
wasn't going to quit until he hit his ideal weight. It was pretty
impressive. He said it was pretty slow and arduous in the beginning and his
clothing size can only be imagined. (The Alpine Knitting Society from that
year's class was passing through then and they would have crossed trails
with him, as well)

Gourmet

On Tuesday, October 20, 2015, Jeffrey Olson <philos56 at live.com> wrote:

> Was on a section hike in 1991 and met a fellow near Bucks Lake who'd
> started at the border and had lost 50 pounds.  He was leaving a job he
> hated and going to grad school in something he sounded excited about.
>
> Lots of reasons to start a hike, and lots of reasons to continue one...
> Weight loss can be a huge motivator...
>
> Jeffrey Olson
> Laramie WY
>
> On 10/20/2015 7:22 PM, Brick Robbins wrote:
>
>> 2015-10-20 14:19 GMT-07:00 Brian Gill <pctpanama at aol.com>:
>>
>>>   What would you figure the average waist size is of the typical male
>>> thru hiker starting the trail?   I come up with 30 to 35  pushing the
>>> envelope at 36 ..  Any 40s ever finish ? and how many?    Something to
>>> think about!  :)
>>>
>> A lot bigger than the average waste size of the one finishing....
>>
>> and there are lots of folks who start the trail overweight, and
>> finish. You just have to take it easy the first couple of months.
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