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MoodyBluer
06-09-2008, 09:44
Looks like he's on the trail and averaging 27 per day!
Check here... http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=236164
Well, maybe not WC, but let's see how long this guy can maintain this pace.
jersey joe
06-09-2008, 09:49
Says he's looking to average 30/day...impressive average if he can maintain it. He's also super light... "Pack and gear weighs in at 6 pounds. That puts total weight at just under 20 when considering water carried."
no way this slow poke could be wild cowboy.
4eyedbuzzard
06-09-2008, 10:42
no way this slow poke could be wild cowboy.
Wild Cowboy is Lonnie Owens of Tucson, AZ
This is the first - and last press report available. There was a video interview clip at one time that showed glimpses of his planned itinerary but it isn't retrievable online any more. http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=7566919&nav=HMO6HMaW
Bunch of BS anyway. 72 miles per day on paper was all it ever was.
Bunch of BS anyway. 72 miles per day on paper was all it ever was.
If you flip that "72" around you get "27" which is what he is doing.
Maybe the quoted 72 miles a day was just a typeo. He meant to say he was going to do "27" a day.
Panzer
Lone Wolf
06-09-2008, 10:58
If you flip that "72" around you get "27" which is what he is doing.
Maybe the quoted 72 miles a day was just a typeo. He meant to say he was going to do "27" a day.
Panzer
two different guys
Not to be a negative nancy, but he's only done it for 5 days so far. It's a marathon not a sprint.
That being said, there's no way I would/could hike 5 consecutive 30's from Springer to NOC.
4eyedbuzzard
06-09-2008, 11:05
two different guys
Wild Cowboy is layin' low from all the heat
Lone Wolf
06-09-2008, 11:31
Not to be a negative nancy, but he's only done it for 5 days so far. It's a marathon not a sprint.
That being said, there's no way I would/could hike 5 consecutive 30's from Springer to NOC.
slackin' you could
Blissful
06-09-2008, 11:53
If he already has sore knees, which the transcriber says, he's in trouble. Not a good thing to do first starting out - marathon hiking. You will regret it...
jersey joe
06-09-2008, 12:06
Not to be a negative nancy, but he's only done it for 5 days so far. It's a marathon not a sprint.
That being said, there's no way I would/could hike 5 consecutive 30's from Springer to NOC.
Yeah, but if he is doing 30's in GA, he will likely have no problem doing 40's through the middle states.
Rockhound
06-09-2008, 12:10
Looks like he's on the trail and averaging 27 per day!
Check here... http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=236164
Well, maybe not WC, but let's see how long this guy can maintain this pace.
He'll make it in 30 days in a dyslexic world. 72 is the average to do it in a month.Wasn't that the original goal?
MoodyBluer
06-26-2008, 17:20
Think someone said that the record for an unsupported thru was something like 42 days? Gabriel won't bust that record but I'm impressed with 575 miles in 19 days...30 miles a day from Springer to this point in VA is tough with a capital T.
CrumbSnatcher
06-26-2008, 17:26
Think someone said that the record for an unsupported thru was something like 42 days? Gabriel won't bust that record but I'm impressed with 575 miles in 19 days...30 miles a day from Springer to this point in VA is tough with a capital T.
1990 60.5 days unsupported ward leonard. (around 36 miles and change per day avg, to beat that) the overall trail mileage was less back then
1990 60.5 days unsupported ward leonard. (around 36 miles and change per day avg, to beat that) the overall trail mileage was less back then
... though not by much. I forget whether it was 2150 or 2135, in 1990. So at most, 40 miles out of 2175.
CrumbSnatcher
06-26-2008, 17:55
... though not by much. I forget whether it was 2150 or 2135, in 1990. So at most, 40 miles out of 2175.
hes doing great,doing his own thing! too bad he had to zero, that really kicks up the mpd avg. i drew up a 60 day hike and on day 19 (pickle branch shelter-BALLPARK)222.4 miles farther north on day 19... (ward was one bad mother) hope his knees hold up,and more importantly he has fun
CrumbSnatcher
06-26-2008, 18:07
... though not by much. I forget whether it was 2150 or 2135, in 1990. So at most, 40 miles out of 2175.
that would be 36+ miles per day with no zeros to beat ward by a half day. sorry i got too much time on my hands,i just bought a mint set of 1975 two volume set of hiking the appalachian trail 2,000+ pages i should read those but just getting started is a chore. read some good thruhiking books lately but **** thats alot of pages...
jersey joe
06-26-2008, 20:53
Think someone said that the record for an unsupported thru was something like 42 days? Gabriel won't bust that record but I'm impressed with 575 miles in 19 days...30 miles a day from Springer to this point in VA is tough with a capital T.
Outside shot at the unsupported record...stay tuned.
warren doyle
06-26-2008, 21:20
Outside shot at the unsupported record...stay tuned.
No way, if he is leaving Damascus 20 days after he started from Springer.
CrumbSnatcher
06-26-2008, 21:21
Outside shot at the unsupported record...stay tuned.
J.JOE. DID HE ACTUALLY SAY HE WANTED THE RECORD OR JUST TO MAINTAIN 30 PER DAY? as long as he's having fun. hard to think his knees hurt carrying less than 20 pds. anyone know how much ward carried? he is kicking pretty good,but he might even slow down just to smell the roses? an injury is not the only thing that could change his mind, and his hike! wish him the best
jersey joe
06-26-2008, 21:24
Naw, I took a look at some of his journal and he just said he wanted to hike 30's...nothing about the record. I just figured, if he's doing 30's in the first 500 miles, the middle states should be cake.
CrumbSnatcher
06-26-2008, 21:26
No way, if he is leaving Damascus 20 days after he started from Springer.
so true, what a third of the times up,and he's what a fifth of the way, or so?
Lone Wolf
06-26-2008, 21:26
Naw, I took a look at some of his journal and he just said he wanted to hike 30's...nothing about the record. I just figured, if he's doing 30's in the first 500 miles, the middle states should be cake.
30s are nothing for a guy in shape. the last 3 states will eat his lunch. he won't make it. who are we talking about , btw? :-?
CrumbSnatcher
06-26-2008, 21:28
Naw, I took a look at some of his journal and he just said he wanted to hike 30's...nothing about the record. I just figured, if he's doing 30's in the first 500 miles, the middle states should be cake.
unless he hooks up with a girl, or boy:eek: or likes the bars and or the delis too much up north. ha ha or gets some of that tuna juice on his ass and gets eaten by some wildlife...
jersey joe
06-26-2008, 21:37
who are we talking about , btw? :-?
Some guy named Gabriel... http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=6695 (http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=6695)
I agree, he likely wont break any records, why I said OUTSIDE...I'll change that to VERY OUTSIDE...
...or gets some of that tuna juice on his ass and gets eaten by some wildlife...
Is that all I gotta do? Rub some tuna juice on it? :-?
Lone Wolf
06-26-2008, 21:44
Some guy named Gabriel... http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=6695 (http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=6695)
I agree, he likely wont break any records, why I said OUTSIDE...I'll change that to VERY OUTSIDE...
oh, ok.thought you was talkin' about cowboy dude. GO GABE!
CrumbSnatcher
06-26-2008, 21:46
Is that all I gotta do? Rub some tuna juice on it? :-?
thats what i read a while ago. about the mountain lion eating someone in NEW MEXICO. question is would you rather get eaten at the start of a long hike or at the end of a long hike?
thats what i read a while ago. about the mountain lion eating someone in NEW MEXICO. question is would you rather get eaten at the start of a long hike or at the end of a long hike?
That's not the sort of trail pussy I had in mind...
That's not the sort of trail pussy I had in mind...
that's right. you have a fondness for poodles, the way you yap about them all the time. :)
CrumbSnatcher
06-26-2008, 22:37
that's right. you have a fondness for poodles, the way you yap about them all the time. :)
stop picking on terrapin, he gets laid all the time! at family reunions:D
Yo, crumb, folks round here regard you as the undisputed authority on canine love. ;)
Frolicking Dinosaurs
06-26-2008, 22:47
::: Dino peeks over trifocals and blushes about the subjects in this thread :::
Yo, crumb, folks round here regard you as the undisputed authority on canine love. ;)
Your fascination with canines never ceases to amaze me. :)
CrumbSnatcher
06-27-2008, 17:43
Yo, crumb, folks round here regard you as the undisputed authority on canine love. ;)
:) have a great weekend
He'll make it in 30 days in a dyslexic world. 72 is the average to do it in a month.Wasn't that the original goal?IIRC, never a sure thing, he said he walked in the desert for an hour, and he covered four and a half miles. He figured if he walked that pace for 16 hours a day, it would give him 72 miles a day, and therefore could finish in a month. Soemthing like that. You could google or search for his original thread.
He got quite upset when people pointed out that 72 miles a day in NH and ME was impossible and called them dream-killers or dream-trashers or something like that. Most here cautioned him, but a few sadists told him to go for it :D