I am tentatively scheduled to do another 8 state challenge on May 21-22. This is an out and back of the infamous 4 state challenge that would start at Pen-Mar go to Va and back, a total of 84 miles in under 48 hours. The plan would be to leave at or before the crack of Dawn on Saturday and do a total of 50-55 miles on Saturday, likely to the first throw down site north of Harper's ferry then do the last 35 on Sunday.
I am looking to see if anyone might be interested in doing this trip. It would be semi-independent, meaning if one has to drop, the other(s) continues on. I did this trip in 2012 and while the length and back to back nature is challenging, the terrain is fairly straight-forward. I would only recommend someone attempt this if they have done 40+ miles/day and lived to walk the next day.