We will see what happens in his run?Originally Posted by OregonHiker
Soon to be the WildCowboy
I do know he will have a great shot at it.
he'll give up after the first day
AFTER the first day? giving him a lot of credit there
yup. he's got to average 72 miles a day. springer to plumorchard gap shelter is 70 miles. he has to hike at least 3 miles per hour with a pack to accomplish this. i give him no credit. he won't even make the first 72 miles in under 24 hours
Seems to me some people start out just driving it as hard as they can. Some keep on doing that, and some ease off for a number of reasons. Then there are those who never had the urge to drive hard. I hike, when I can, to stay healthy and to watch my mind deal with a reality it can't fudge. The trail always wins. Try and tell it different and you will get broken. The trail, any trail, is a great teacher if you care to listen. I just couldn't hike for records if my life depended on it: My Achilles tendons gave in, both of them, when I was in school (football) and it's been touch and go ever since. But I still want to go the distance, any way I can. I guess I'll do it on a bicycle if my legs won't carry me. As they say, HYOH.
then IF he makes it day 1, BIG IF, he'll have to sleep a few hours then go all the way to cheoah bald in less than 24 hours.
You're forgetting that he was born in Tennessee, so the mountains there are nothing to him.then IF he makes it day 1, BIG IF, he'll have to sleep a few hours then go all the way to cheoah bald in less than 24 hours.
If not NOW, then WHEN?
ME>GA 2006
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I doubt the mountains will agree - they will kick his butt.You're forgetting that he was born in Tennessee, so the mountains there are nothing to him.
Oh, come on. The mountains in TN aren't that tough--if you keep your mileage down to modest 10-20 per day.
Personally, though, I sincerely doubt he'll make it to TN. I'll be surprised if he makes it to NC on schedule. Other than the fact that he gave press interviews, this doesn't seem like a serious attempt. In a couple of weeks he went from being a newbie asking about gear to saying he's going for an amazing record. I don't think he's got any sort of ultra-running record to make this seem even slightly possible.
Dang, where's that popcorn smilely when I need it?
If not NOW, then WHEN?
ME>GA 2006
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=3277
Instagram hiking photos: five.leafed.clover
Rosie Ruiz could do it!then IF he makes it day 1, BIG IF, he'll have to sleep a few hours then go all the way to cheoah bald in less than 24 hours.
My comment was in reference to his planned mileage. You will only need a small bucket of popcorn for this short hike.
Too true.
I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but this "plan" is too far out there.
My husband came into the room while I was composing my previous post, so we had a short talk about the hike. We agreed that he'll have to make more than the 72 miles a day in the south to compensate for the more difficult terrain in the north. So...4 mph for 20 hours a day, will make 80 miles per day. That's hiking time only, of course, and doesn't count time fetching water, food, etc.
We talked a little about ultra events like the Ride Across America. Aren't most of these things about a week long at most? After three or four days the participants start to hallucinate from lack of sleep? By the end of the event, they practically have to be hospitalized?
If not NOW, then WHEN?
ME>GA 2006
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=3277
Instagram hiking photos: five.leafed.clover
I agree.
How many people create a life that allows them so much time to follow one of their passions to the fullest? More than a few on this list have, including Warren.
Most of Mr. Doyle's AT hikes have been leading group expeditions, with a support vehicle meeting his party at road crossings, however. But moving fast, with very little attrition and camping out rather than doing the B&B thing.
Since that doesn't sit will with a few here, some have sought to minimize the magnitude of his records on the AT by dismissing Warren as just a "recreational walker".
But there is no doubt that he has thru hiked the trail more times than anyone else has, or likely will for the forseeable future. He is also one of the very few hikers of any kind who actually has walked the entire trail, on his thru hikes.
Last edited by rickb; 01-13-2008 at 09:59.
That ain't nothin, my did 3 miles, 2 months before he was born!!!
"It was on the first of May, in the year 1769, that I resigned my domestic happiness for a time, and left my family and peaceable habitation on the Yadkin River, in North Carolina, to wander through the wilderness of America." - Daniel Boone
Who is Francis?OH lighten up Francis and have a sense of humor
If you hadn't raised the white flag I was going drive him 100 miles, drop him off and tell him he better be at school on time Monday. He's 16 now, waybe 150 miles is more like it
As far as soccer mom....hardly...all I ever expected was effort, not performance
I think Francis was a soldier in Sgt Hulka's (trail name Bigtoe) platoon.
The visual on this...That ain't nothin, my did 3 miles, 2 months before he was born!!!
ward chip leonard!
ward leonard.. where the heck is he these days ?..what an odd dude..
I always wondered if Ward Leonard was his real name.
I don't have any reason to suspect that it wasn't, but I still find it curious that Ward Leonard is the name of a big defense contractor in CT, and Ward was from there, I think.
Probably coincidence. But I can see someone adopting that name if they were from that area until it stuck even so far as with his family (who I think some on this list have met).
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