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When they finished off the PCT at the end of October, Potter and Parell became the 11th and 12th finishers of the Calendar-Year Triple Crown, and at just 21 years old, the youngest to boot. …
Potter and Parell finished all three in a little over 10 months. …
… Potter was a thru-hiking novice before 2021. Parell had only the relatively modest El Camino de Santiago under his belt. …
Twenty-four pairs of shoes and one cavity …
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Emma Rowena (Caldwell) Gatewood, known as Grandma Gatewood was an American ultra-light hiking pioneer.
After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and victim of domestic violence, she became famous as the first solo female thru-hiker of the 2,168-mile (3,489 km) Appalachian Trail (A.T.) in 1955 at the age of 67.
She subsequently became the first person (male or female) to hike the A.T. three times …
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In Canada, Clara Hughes is a household name.
A legend, she won multiple Olympic medals in both Summer and Winter Games — 6 medals total. The only person ever to have won multiple medals in both.
BUT she met her husband, Peter Guzman, on the AT.
And went on to become a legendary thru-hiker.
Due to the pandemic, I did a LOT of cycling and hiking on Vancouver Island in 2020.
One of the hikers I followed most closely — looking for inspiration — was David on the I’d Rather Be Hiking YouTube channel.
Check his I’d Rather be Hiking – Vancouver Island Group Facebook page, as well.
Click PLAY or watch David’s 2020 highlights on YouTube.
The poster boy for Fastest Known Times is Kílian Jornet Burgada.
As I post, Kilian holds the fastest known time for the ascent and descent of Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Denali and perhaps Everest.
But it’s Buzz Burrell who really popularized the concept, co-founding fastestknowntime.com with Peter Bakwin and Jeff Schuler.
Those three run the site on a voluntary basis. And it’s a ton of work.
Buzz himself had been racing routes for decades. He set the FKT on the Colorado Trail in 1999. The FKT on John Muir in 2000.
This interview with Buzz will fill you with respect. Buzz co-hosts his own audio show called the FKT Podcast.
In Journeys North, legendary trail angel, thru hiker, and former PCTA board chair Scout spins compelling tales of hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada.
That year terrible snow storms rocked the Canadian border starting the last days in September.
Barney (Scout) Mann hiked with wife Sandy (Frodo) Mann, and recounts fascinating stories of others they traveled alongside that season.
For me, Blazer was the most interesting.
The book is unusual. Not your standard step-by-step trail journal.
Instead the time line jumps forward and back along the trail, using PCT anecdotes to illustrate bigger life lessons.
If asked to recommend just one book on the PCT, Journeys North would be it. The best starting point for a hiker considering it.
Other excellent and inspiring reads include:
Barney Scout Mann has hiked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails. He has been board chair of the Pacific Crest Trail Association and is president of the Partnership for the National Trails System. Mann has been recognized with a Lowell Thomas Journalism Award and is the coauthor of The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail and author of The Continental Divide Trail: Exploring America’s Ridgeline Trail. He and his wife, Sandy, live in San Diego and have hosted more than 7,000 PCT hikers. Visit him online at BarneyScoutMann.com.
Tune in to this week’s episode of the Out and Back podcast as Mary tells a thrilling tale about her early days as a wilderness ranger in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Hear about her first night spent alone in the wilderness and what happened months later when she discovered that a man had been following her around the backcountry. …
Mary … is the Out and Back podcast producer and a writer and editor at Gaia GPS.
When she is not in the office, Mary works as a guide for Andrew Skurka Adventures in wild places around the west, like Rocky Mountain National Park, Yosemite, and the Brooks Range in Alaska. …
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Planned is a a 12,000-mile loop of existing trails, roads, and off-trail travel.
Something like this.
Rue McKenrick, a triple crown veteran, walked away from his home in Bend. And is inventing the route as he goes along.
When COVID-19 hit, Rue kept hiking — but
“no longer resupplied in towns, relying on a 7 day resupply box which was sent to remote post offices. I utilized lesser known trails and continued up the east coast on the avoiding the popular, but closed Appalachian trail. …”
It’s a work in progress.
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I learned of this project via the Out and Back podcast interview – episode 10 – Rue McKenrick and the American Perimeter Trail
Tom Turcich of New Jersey has walked over 18,000 miles, most of those with his dog Savannah.
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(via Adventure Blog)
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