“PCT THRU-HIKER ADVICE: “Start the trail with lower mileage and work your way up, week by week, to avoid starting too strong and getting injured. Find time to hike alone for uncomfortable”
― Hikertrash: Life on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Hikertrash: Life on the Pacific Crest Trail
“Never pack more than ten of the same meal, or you’ll be so sick of it you won’t even want to eat it. - Powdered peanut butter and powdered eggs are not as gross as they sound. - Buy bulk dehydrated foods and make your own freeze-dried dinners. - Pack 2,500 calories or more, per person, per day.”
― Hikertrash: Life on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Hikertrash: Life on the Pacific Crest Trail
“When there is trust, no proof is necessary. When there is none, no proof is possible.”
― The Killing Fog
― The Killing Fog
“A study of more than 41,000 metformin users between the ages of 68 and 81 concluded that metformin reduced the likelihood of dementia, cardiovascular disease, cancer, frailty, and depression, and not by a small amount. In one group of already frail subjects, metformin use over the course of nine years reduced dementia by 4 percent, depression by 16 percent, cardiovascular disease by 19 percent, frailty by 24 percent, and cancer by 4 percent.22 In other studies, the protective power of metformin against cancer has been far greater than that.”
― Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
― Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
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