[pct-l] Re: Mid-life crisis?

[ReddingRunner@aol.com (ReddingRunner@aol.com)]

Hi, y'all-

I just joined this list as I'm preparing for the following trips after 30 
years of real life kept me from doing much backpacking.  I've got a golite 
gust, a hennesey hammock and a nunatak back-country blanket; shd be carrying 
less than 10# not including food and water.

May 28-31  Burney Falls to Castella on the PCT.  85 miles in four days with a 
buddy.  Primarily a test run of myself and my equipment.
July 28- Aug 8  Mt Raineer (Crystal Mt) to Mt Hood (actually Timothy Lake).  
250+ miles solo in 11 days.  On July 27 I'll be running the White River 
50Mile ultramarathon at Crystal Mtn Resort; then (hopefully) run the Mt Hood 
50M on Aug 10.
Aug 25-29 & Sep 2-5.  Tahoe Rim Trail, 165 miles, probably solo, split into 
two parts with Labor Day weekend off (I'll be running another 50M race on 
Sept 1).

All of this is primarily to give myself a little sabbatical (I'm a pastor) 
and personal renewal time now that I'm turning 48 and my kids are grown.  A 
second goal is to prepare myself for my first 100Mile race (The Bear 100 on 
the Idaho-Utah border; 35 hour cut-off time, 20K ft elevation gain and equal 
descent) on Sept 27-28. 

 Expect a lot of questions from me between now and July! 

Mark Swanson, Redding, CA