Current speed record?

[Mags]

Actually most of the time 12-18 miles

Some would say 18 MPD is far too much to hike in a day.

So..who is right?

[Bad Co]

I would say that also on some days

[Bad Co]

Correction Most Days

[Tin Man]

Some would say 18 MPD is far too much to hike in a day.

So..who is right?

everybody is right... for themselves and should let others decide what's right for them...

well, maybe everybody except wrongway, but i can see where going the wrongway could bee right too

[warren doyle]

these records are cool! but THIS IS THE ONE IM IMPRESSED BY: ward leonard UNSUPPORTED 60.5 DAYS
Ward probably holds the yo-yo record too. i think he had almost 4 completions in 1 year?

Ward had three AT completions in a 365-day period.
In my opinion, the last AT challenge is for someone to complete the entire AT four times in one calendar year.

[Panzer1]

You guys know who has the speed record for the AT and how long?

earplug

the slowest speed record is currently held by Bill and Karolyn Slowsky (the turtles from the Comcast TV commercial)

Panzer

[neighbor dave]

http://home.comcast.net/~pbakwin/FKT.html

[Mags]

Cool link. Thanks for posting.

[rickb]

http://home.comcast.net/~pbakwin/FKT.html

5 Hours 25 Min over the Presidentials from Dolly Cop to Crawford Natch.

Who would have thunk it?

Thanks for the link!

[slickgoku]

Ward had three AT completions in a 365-day period.
In my opinion, the last AT challenge is for someone to complete the entire AT four times in one calendar year.

Wow, 8,000 some odd miles in 365 days (366 if you cheat)!

Doesn't sound too hard until you realize part of it will be in snow, either have to do some sick planning or hope you don't get screwed by some crazy blizzard!

[stranger]

Works out to almost 24 miles per day, for 365 days straight, that would be one hell of a hike...

Can we bring Ward out of retirement?

[jersey joe]

Ward had three AT completions in a 365-day period.
In my opinion, the last AT challenge is for someone to complete the entire AT four times in one calendar year.

I really don't see this happening. It would be very expensive both in time and money to do this supported and the toll on the body would be incredible unsupported. The cold weather would certainly pose a problem up north and the shorter winter days wouldn't help either.

[stranger]

It can be done both physically and logistically, unsupported, look at Justin Lichter's 10,000 mile hike (through the winter) a few years back. This would be 1500 miles less, in more moderate terrain, with no route finding delays.

You would need to avoid parts of New England in the winter, but one could hike those parts in the summer, there is no reason why someone couldn't hop around and still complete 4 hikes in one year. The Triple Crown was done in one year, that's nearly 8000 miles, this would be 8700

Just like a thru-hike was once impossible, then the yo-yo, then Ward hiked 3 times in a year, anything is possible. I think we'll see 4 hikes in one year, one of these days.

[LeeAllure]

In the long-distance running world (as opposed to the hiking world)
there's David Horton & Pete Palmer,

David's record, of 52 days, 9 hours, and 41 minutes, for covering the entire length
of the Appalachian Trail was broken on June 28, 1999, with Palmer finishing 2160
miles in 48 days 20 hrs 11 min

http://www.extremeultrarunning.com/attempt.htm
http://www.extremeultrarunning.com/at_at_2001/index.htm
http://www.extremeultrarunning.com/palmer.htm

Of course, these men had good support systems/people and
good weather. Some of the record attempts are enlightening
simply for what the people who didn't finish/break the record
went through.

[stranger]

In the long-distance running world (as opposed to the hiking world)
there's David Horton & Pete Palmer,

David's record, of 52 days, 9 hours, and 41 minutes, for covering the entire length
of the Appalachian Trail was broken on June 28, 1999, with Palmer finishing 2160
miles in 48 days 20 hrs 11 min

http://www.extremeultrarunning.com/attempt.htm
http://www.extremeultrarunning.com/at_at_2001/index.htm
http://www.extremeultrarunning.com/palmer.htm

Of course, these men had good support systems/people and
good weather. Some of the record attempts are enlightening
simply for what the people who didn't finish/break the record
went through.

Both those records have been broken since, just fyi