[pct-l] We broke David's PCT record

[Reinhold Metzger]

Ron wrote:
I thought Scott reset the record at 67 days in 2009 or was that 
misinformation?
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Reinhold wrote:
Ron, here is your answer:
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On 8/15/2009 12:05 PM, scott williamson wrote:
> Hey Reinhold, Just wanted you to know that Adam and I broke Davids 
> record! We finished at 9:58 PM on 8/12 after a 51 mile day.(We started 
> on 6/8 at 12 PM) David's record was 66 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes. We 
> finished in 65 days, 9 hours, 58 minutes, breaking it by less than a 
> day, but we did this  as backpackers without support, never rode in a 
> car thus we walked into and out of all of our resupply towns and stuck 
> to the official PCT 100% of the way, including around the closed 
> glacier peak section. I lost 25 pounds, but feel pretty good, but this 
> hike was not easy!! Doing this has only given me even more respect for 
> David Horton and what he did in 2005 which was such a high snow year. 
> That guy is one of my heroes, in addition to you! Anyhow you are the 
> first person outside of David and Joe I have told I wanted you to know 
> first. Feel free to post about it on the list if you wish or tell 
> anyone. I am proud to have done it along with Adam, but rather than 
> feeling triumphant I feel lucky just to have made it to the end of a 
> hike in which we averaged 40.5 miles a day for 65 days straight. I 
> will be in touch. Your friend, Scott