[at-l] Another Cottage Industry

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 01:10 AM 3/7/2005 -0500, Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/6/2005 7:48:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>carol1944@brmemc.net writes:
>
> >
> > http://www.mountainlaureldesigns.com
> >
> > Their gear is interestingly sized (as in small) and really not too
> > expensive.
> >
>
>What's more interesting is some of the claims made by members of Team
>Mountain Laurel Design.
>
>Among others....
>
>??? 2003 - PCT south to north then north to south in one 6.5 month period 
>using
>standard food drop techniques (no vehicle support team)
>
>??? 1995- Two lengths of the 211 mile John Muir Trail, 2.4 lb base pack 
>weight
>in 9 days
>
>??? 1997 - unreported completion of the AT and PCT in one nine month period
>
>??? 1998 - completion of the AT in 49 days, no vehicle support, standard food
>supply techniques, 3.6lb base pack weight.
>
>I find some of these hard to believe, especially since they've never been
>discussed before that I'm aware of.
>
>YMMV,
>
>Sly

Some of this stuff strikes me as being a form of self-abuse.