Mime to hike the A.T. backwards

[ki0eh]

While raking ditches on my A.T. maintenance section the other day, I said to my fellow volunteer:

"When is someone going to set the FKT for a mime hiking the A.T. backwards?"

He said:

"Supported or unsupported?"

[scope]

Supported I would think. Ughhh, can you imagine the communication issues?

[Dogwood]

Here it is for all you want to be recognized for a FKT people. Pick a route of your choosing that hasn't been done or doesn't yet have a claimed FKT documenting it well giving it some catchy appealing name hiking it first. You now have your FKT...until the second person thru-hikes it.

[Feral Bill]

I fear the mime will become trapped in an invisible shelter, with mice to match.

[Old Hiker]

Not sayin' a word, just not.......sayin'........a........word............. ...........

[devoidapop]

every shelter and privy is 4 sided for a mime

[devoidapop]

Here it is for all you want to be recognized for a FKT people. Pick a route of your choosing that hasn't been done or doesn't yet have a claimed FKT documenting it well giving it some catchy appealing name hiking it first. You now have your FKT...until the second person thru-hikes it.

Has anybody thru-hiked Labrador to the Torngat Mountains? That would be impressive.

[Alligator]

What I like about mimes is that you never here them gabbing away on their phones. Plus if you forget your phone, they always seem to have reception and are willing to lend you theirs.

[4eyedbuzzard]

Are mime farts silent?

[AfterParty]

He will have ropes and ladders

[gpburdelljr]

A mime would get thrown off a cliff before finishing. Instead of a FKT, the best they could hope for is LKD (longest known distance).

[Just Bill]

While raking ditches on my A.T. maintenance section the other day, I said to my fellow volunteer:

"When is someone going to set the FKT for a mime hiking the A.T. backwards?"

He said:

"Supported or unsupported?"

There was a little known successful attempt before, but as nobody got the mime's name... it was understandably underreported.

The mime went fully supported.

Although Peter Bakwin, Doyle and Horton* were eventually forced to rule on it and officially call it unsupported; the mime of course gestured exhaustively and emphatically at all his "friends" and the various "support" including the impossibly equipped aid station, support van, portable room and numerous other wonders seemingly pulled from thin air as needed to complete the attempt. The escalator and ladder techniques were employed extensively in the whites to shatter previous mileages in that section. The crossing of the Kennebec was done in masterful style when a previously unseen kayak routine was amusingly employed. Despite all the master manipulations of 3d space and one of the most vigorously excessive uses of one's hands while hiking in FKT history; no one outside the close mouthed mime community has been able to explain why he was walking backwards.

*This heated and eventually violent argument amongst these three pioneers did eventually cause an irreparable rift in their relationship and disrupt FKT efforts moving forward for a few years. It was not until Paul Pomeroy, who hiked the Colorado Trail while maintaining a vow of silence, volunteered to take charge of future mime efforts and the three gentleman were able to grudgingly move past the episode. Paul's verbal silence, but ability to actually use a physical keyboard and actual computer to document the efforts proved to be the bridge needed between the two communities.

In a historical footnote and editorial comment:
This choice to walk backwards for the FKT set a precedent and a dramatic change in style that will forever reshape the sport as it introduced a firestorm of controversy. Although the general public will never hear the truth spoken aloud, amongst the mime speed hiking community it is widely speculated that this method finally broke the barrier that had thwarted scores of previous attempts. Despite rampant speculation by others... regarding an explanation for why so many forward walking mimes have failed before I believe the simplest answer is the most accurate;
When walking backwards one does not need to employ trekking poles.

[sloger]

Some people have way, way, too much time on their hands!

[Venchka]

Some people have way, way, too much time on their hands!

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[evyck da fleet]

I heard he got disqualified for doing a 360 while walking and taking in the views in the Whites since a few of his steps were forward.

[ki0eh]

Things look much the same going vs. coming. I have that discussion with my wife when I pick a seat in the less crowded rear-facing half of the train car.

[Tundracamper]

So, if a mime finishes a FKT on a trail in the woods, does anyone "hear" about it?