Scott Jurek on Appalachian Trail

[Lone Wolf]

Shaffer accused Gatewood of yellow blazing

[Lone Wolf]

Wow! What a journey!

you need to give this supported thing a try

[Traveler]

Watching the last week it really didn't prove anything. Points weren't uniform by any means and were able to be edited. Scott could have easily taken a ride from one point to another.

Certainly, if Scott and his entire crew, as you suggest, conspired to cheat, there is really not any way to know for sure. The point remains however, that technology has reached a point it can be used for route verification and transparency. Since the record holder tends to set the standards for the next attempt, I can see this being a staple tool. Perhaps the next attempt will not use an editing function, or make arrangements with the vendor to not allow it. Everything improves over time, record keeping included.

[godoit]

A tad dated but really good article on this.
https://www.outsideonline.com/199731...l-record-maybe

[Sly]

but the trail is 8 miles longer. what's a coupla yards

lol... he could have taken the Mau Har Trail for all I care.

[Josh D]

Well, that was fun!.....soooo, hear of any sobo attempts happening this year??

[colorado_rob]

Whew, what fun! Absolutely fantastic. Kudos to everyone involved on Scott's team!

[Driver8]

Earlier I posted the idea oThef someone trying to set a new FKT at a mile an hour or better, which this year would be 2189.2 hours, so I said. My math was off by a factor of two. Scott and Jen eac averaged a but over 2 mph, but 1. The idea would still be neat - do the whole thing at a 2 mph pace or better. Would be 45d 15h or so.

[SRMartin]

makes strange claims then retorts with insults...nice!

Yeah that was a gem of a post by Fredt4. I understand "for me", so he verified the alternate universe excuse I was thinking of.

[illabelle]

3:28 pm, and from the tracker thingy, he's apparently on his way down. What a wild wonderful trip!

[Traveler]

3:28 pm, and from the tracker thingy, he's apparently on his way down. What a wild wonderful trip!

I cannot imagine the walk down after all that...

[james ford]

Congrats Scott! Since RS isn't here to do it...........

i don't think Scott is old enough to remember Gene, sadly I am old enough to remember the legend.


BTW, love your avatar!

[Odd Man Out]

I was out to a movie and missed the finish. Congrats Scott. I'll have to do some wrap up number crunching later.

[Deer Hunter]

i don't think Scott is old enough to remember Gene, sadly I am old enough to remember the legend.


BTW, love your avatar!

Thanks

[james ford]

Yeah, doyle made some absurd statements over the course of this on the FB page.

[james ford]

You need to ask Warren, he's the one that insinuated Scott missed 70 yards of white-blazed trail. Are we to question everyone's hike? Can Jen prove she never missed a white-blaze?

Added: Apparently Last Call on WB is Carl Wood on Facebook. I should have known better than feed the troll

meant to quote this in my post.

[moytoy]

I cannot imagine the walk down after all that...

I couldn't have imagined all that. Maybe the walk down is all I could imagine.

[Jack Tarlin]

Good for Scott. I recently re-read this whole thread.....seems to me, there were some very outspoken people some weeks back, who were quite outspoken in terms of his hike, the direction of his hike, his chances for completion, etc. These folks seem to be very quiet in recent days. As well they should be. Plain and simply, this is the time to say "Congratulations!!" or say nothing at all. I think what he did is great.

[Dogwood]

And, on the 42 day 9th hr he rested. Amen

Congratulations to Scott Jurek, his wife, entire team, and all who supported him. Thx so much SJ for demonstrating again to all of us to push the realm of the so called impossible into the possible.

You had more than a few of us wondering about what was happening at several points.

[TJ aka Teej]

Yeah, doyle made some absurd statements

I don't believe Doyle posts here, so let's not bring his negativity to this thread.