What If…..nostalgia

Yeah, UL gear and techniques have kept our family (had young kids as an older adult) and then me on the trail.

I was early to UL – did a 9-day trip in the mid 1980s starting with a 29-pound pack (including food, but no fuel as I was going no-cook).  My base weight is now half as much.

If I’d had modern gear and skills back then, I’d have done longer trips and always traveled with more functional clothing which would have avoided a few hypothermic episodes.

Roman Dial went 625 miles in 24 days across the Gates of the Arctic (Alaska) without resupply by starting with 45 pounds of food and a base weight of about 12 pounds.

Nostalgia…My Pivetta boots were so cool. The blisters, though.

A month without resupply.  I think i might enjoy that.

Coup did the JMT, CT and Long Trail, all three trips without resupply.

Is that a photo of Roman and his son? Such a sad story, still. There’s some nostalgia. And it brings back memories for me of Rocky Reifenstuhl who was friend (and competitor) of Roman. I guess that’s the thing about remembering those old times; they make us happy and sad at once.