Something I don't want to do....
http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/con...o-Tackle-A.T./
Something I don't want to do....
http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/con...o-Tackle-A.T./
Not for me. But unlike WC who thinks he can do it in 30 unsupported, this guy is the real deal and has a shot at breaking 47 if the weather and his health hold out.
"That's the thing about possum innards - they's just as good the second day." - Jed Clampett
A few years ago, when Squeaky was planning his Under-40 record attempt, there was an interesting thread about what would be the best starting date.
Many suggested that he should plan his hike to take advantage of the longest days of sunlight. I may be mistaken, but I think he ultimately decided on an August start.
It's interesting to note that Karl Meltzer is also starting in August. I wonder why that is? A balance between shortening days, and cooler temperatures?
Roland
Speedgoat Karl joined a discussion about his hike earlier this year...
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...ight=speedgoat
I saw that guy run by me in 2005. I believe his trail name was Flash, could be mistaken on that though, but that name is stuck in my head. You shoulda seen that guy's thighs. Nothin but muscle....huge huge muscle
"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
He has the same last name as my grandfather..... maybe were related! I definitely don't have his abilities though, so probably not
45.7 miles a day......... OUCH!
Smile, Smile, Smile.... Mile after Mile
hmm I don't know about guys like this. Seems many folks have some need to turn AT hikes into some kind of contest.
I am very skepticle that he can do a 45 mile day through the Mahoosics and the Whites even if he is an athelete.
Is he going to try this unsupported??
DavidNH
Seems to me that doing the AT this way would make meeting new people very difficult. I wonder what his trail journal will look like.
"Did 45 miles today. Saw 15 other hikers. Have no idea who they were. Took a lot of pictures, but they are all blurry."
"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute.
But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute--and it's longer than any hour.
That's relativity." --Albert Einstein--
Sounds like a traverse of the AT but it doesn't sound like a hike of the AT to me.
I actually talked with Thompson on the trail for a bit in 05 (all of 2 minutes as he was going up and I was going down). Seemed like a nice enough guy. His crew was weird though. I wonder if they actually get any enjoyment out of it?
But hey, more the power to you!
It's easy to be critical of others when what they do differs from our own ideals.
Roland