Part of my reason for being a purist was to avoid the slippery slope.
If you skip a few feet of the trail, then you might skip a small section, then that might lead to missing a mile here and...
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Part of my reason for being a purist was to avoid the slippery slope.
If you skip a few feet of the trail, then you might skip a small section, then that might lead to missing a mile here and...
Thanks for this post peakbagger. I didn't know about the shuttle.
I've done this loop twice in the past few years with my young sons. The last time was two years ago in August 2020. The lots were...
So, expect your odds of encountering a bear in NJ to go up over the next few years while hiking though the 72 miles of AT.
Newly re-elected Democratic Governor pledged to end the annual bear hunt....
Timothy Olson has had a fantastic ultra running career and is a fantastic athlete. This isn't some random guy attempting this thing. He's got a shot just based on his resume.
Happy to hear she is ok. Also, considering the amount of people and Bears along the trail, it is amazing how rare these incidents actually are.
The 4 mile stretch from the Delaware Water Gap to Sunfish Pond in NJ is one of the most, if not THE most, heavily traveled sections of the entire AT. This is true in any year, but especially true in...
Amazing accomplishment!
Wow, Karel Saabe is on pace to crush the AT speed record.
Very impressive, besting some real ultra legends.
This guy is 28 years old.
I wonder how elite ultra runners like Jurek and...
I met Deldoc on my 2002 thru hike leaving Boiling Springs. He was wearing that giant GPS backpack. That seemed like amazing technology back then.
Excellent breakdown Map Man!!! Good stuff.
RIP Uncle Johnny.
He is a legend of the trail indeed.
There are a large number of black bear concentrated in the north west corner of NJ (north of route 80 and west of route 287)
Many blame this in the high availability of garbage as a food source...
409 black bears were killed in NJ in the 2017 bear hunts.
In the past 8 years more than 3,200 bears have been killed.
If you have hiked through NJ and haven't seen any bears in the past few...
From his instagram account...
thestring.beanBeginning of day 42: E end of Mahoosuc Notch (1918.6) to Spruce Mtn (1960.5). 16:04/42.6. 232.5 miles remaining. There's a lot to talk about here....
Any recent updates on Joe McConaughy? he should be somewhere in the whites right now, it'll be interesting to see how he fares over this section.
Just do it.
Afterwards...
You might regret not doing it.
You won't regret doing it.
Four reasons to do it.
1) It is easier for someone to drop you off.
2) You can weigh your pack at the...
25% has been used in citing the number of thru-hikers that drop at Neels Gap, just 31.7 miles from springer.
While I would guess this number is greatly exaggerated, this has to be the #1 place...
Congrats to Karl. Nice Job.
45 days 22 hours 38 mins
That is 9 hours and 29 minutes off the record.
These attempts are getting closer and closer.
Correct, that is unsupported.
Jurek's record is mighty impressive and it would take a PERFECT hike to beat his time.
That's the silver lining for Scott, even if Karl beats his overall time, Jurek still has the NOBO record.
On...
1. Heather "Anish" Anderson 54 days 7 hours 48 minutes (2015) ~42 miles/day
2. Matt Kirk 58 days 9 hours 40 minutes (2013)
The supported record is held by Scott Jurek: 46 days 8 hours 7 minutes (2015) [NOBO]
Absolutely, and it sounds like Karl did exactly this and departed at 5am.
So what day did Karl start? Aug 3rd or 4th?
I think the odd start times are mostly due to the fact that getting to the beginning of the trail isn't as easy as getting out of your car.
On Katahdin especially, I could see getting up there,...
The northern part of the trail is significantly harder than the south.
A better comparison would be with Jenn Pharr-Davis' southbound hike, which is only a few hours slower than Jurek's hike.
After...
There was just a facebook post with a picture of mileage per day for Karl through day 25. I think this is what we've been waiting for?!?
Let the charts/graphs/analysis begin!
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