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[at-l] Mortality rate....was "speaking of pillows"
Us older hikers are like older drivers vs. the young adolescent drivers on
the road. it seems to apply on the trail too. We are slow but sure.
Highlander
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> From: Northern Wind <northernwind@mail.geocities.com>
> To: at-l@saffron.hack.net
> Subject: [at-l] Speaking of pillows...what about....
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 12:46 PM
>
> Jim said:
>
> ".... The mortality rate for young, strong, healthy,
> testosterone-filled males is astronomical, while the mortality rate for
> older hikers is a considerably lower. And there are reasons for that -
> the main ones being heavy packs, speed and big miles."
>
>
> QPQ replied:
>
> Mortality rate? But I don't wanna die! *grin* Seriously, I always
> wondered if any stats were kept on age and success rates. Jim provides
> good advice, although I didn't follow it as much as I should have. My
> pack was probably too heavy, and I hiked too fast and too many big
> mile days. And it wore me down. After Vermont, I pretty much limped
> to Maine. But, the speed and the big miles in the beginning and
> especially the middle were part of the fun and challenge for me.
> The pack weight, well, I still kick myself for some of the stuff
> I carried that I didn't need (usually, too much food that I ended
> up carrying into the next town with a mail drop).
>
> Quid Pro Quo
> GA>ME '96 (at age 35)
>
>
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