[pct-l] Newbie questions

[jameskendall at ekno.com (James Kendall)]

Lol. Thanks Marge, could do with losing a bit of weight anyways =oP

Quoting Marge Prothman <marge@prothman.com>:

>Hey Rich and James,
>Take off a few pounds before you start, this was
>pointed out to me by my
>eldest son.
>If you take off the extra 20 lbs then just think,
>you will not have to >carry
>that much 
>weight up the hill.  It worked for me....
>
>Cheers,    Marge   [The Old Gal]
>http://www.prothman.org/marge 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
>[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On
>Behalf Of Richard Hare
>Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:05 AM
>To: James Kendall; PCT - list
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] Newbie questions
>
>
>James
>
>I don't think you'll need to worry about being as
>fit as an olympic >athlete!
>(although as a consequence of doing the walk you may
>become it!)  There >was
>some discussion on this list a while ago about
>starting earlier and >taking
>your time in the first few weeks to build up to
>longer milages.  The
>downside to this is that distances between water can
>be up to 25miles so >if
>you were to spend 2 days walking this you'd
>obviously have to carry >twice
>the water, I would suggest about 12 litres which may
>not be practical!
>Anyway you've a while to work out your strategies!
>
>
>
>

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