when I'm 70, I'll out-backpack any 30 yr old woman

When I was the Search and Rescue first responder team leader, there was a gal on my team that was 41 had three kids, a full time job. She was one of the toughest human beings I ever met.
A buddy from the USMC (we have known each other since childhood and served together various places, we both got out about the same time and came "home".) was also on the team. We where in a 4th Marines Force Recon unit at the time and both rather fit, we both ran marathons at the time and where on a NG Biathalon team (as well as both of us went to Ranger school in our late twenties to get a Recon MOS rating for the reserve unit). They let us on the Biatholon team because there wern't enough NG guys that wanted to do it and we where also on the X-country, winter Search and Rescue team as well.

Anyhow, this gal was tireless and tough as nails, as first responders we often headed into the back country at night and we took alot of pride in finding our folks before daylight. She was good for a 6mph pace at 9k to 10k elevation going up and down hills or whatever and she was a Paramedic carrying a heavy med pack!

JD is so stupid about the kind of folks out there, this gal was 10X the backcountry traveler JD will ever be.

Anytime JD you want to prove how good you are in the backcountry you just let me know. We could do a quaint little 100 miler or something longer. Your walknig around town with a pack don't mean [email protected] to me, you are all mouth.

Teuf,