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August 11, 2005

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This is big news. David Horton finished and set a new record for the Pacific Crest Trail yesterday—66 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes. This is significant. I believe the former record was 83 days. His crew diary (the link above) is fascinating. It accentuates the positive, of course, but you know that an ultra—a continuous 66 day ultra with only one rest day—is full of drama.
Andrew Thompson
The Oregonian is running a series currently called On the Pacific Crest Trail—Nice!

On August 3rd, Andrew Thompson set the unofficial record for hiking the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail. In 47 days, 13 hours and 31 minutes, Thompson blazed through 14 states, tolerated a sore knee and feet, ran from a bear, and endured heat and cold.

In both sites, foot issues are only alluded to. I can't even wrap my mind around it. Wow!

Posted at August 11, 2005

Comments

We live close enough that we are looking at doing a 3-4 day hike on the AT next summer. I can't imagine doing it for the 4 - 6 months it takes most folks that do it. But I bet it changes your life forever.

Posted by: neca at August 11, 2005 10:21 AM