[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 94, Issue 15

[River Malcolm]

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>   1. My account (jamesfmiller at hotmail.com)
>   2. 2016 thru-hike possibly (Robert Van Steenburg)
>   3. Re: Average male waist size (Jody)
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> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:43:08 +0000
> From: <jamesfmiller at hotmail.com>
> To: PCT listserve <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] My account
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> Somehow you disappeared on me.
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> I'd like to be back on. 
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> Enjoyable forum
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> James Miller
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> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:59:28 -0500
> From: Robert Van Steenburg <vansteenburgmark at yahoo.com>
> To: "Pct-L at backcountry.net" <Pct-L at backcountry.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] 2016 thru-hike possibly
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> Thinking of doing the whole hike, Mexico to Canada.  I have many, many questions.  Starting with how does one get from San Diego airport to the trail start?  And from Manning Park to Vancouver airport?  
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> Mark Van Steenburg
> Austin, TX
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> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:51:23 -0700
> From: Jody <jodyinjc at yahoo.com>
> To: Jeffrey Olson <philos56 at live.com>
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> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Average male waist size
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> Dude  ... I met Gene the machine this year  on the Pct in Oregon who had lost about 80 lbs.  He looked to be in his 70,s !!! Rock on!!
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>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 6:36 PM, Jeffrey Olson <philos56 at live.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Lots of reasons to start a hike, and lots of reasons to continue one...  Weight loss can be a huge motivator...
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>> Jeffrey Olson
>> Laramie WY
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>>>> 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....
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>>> 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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