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[pct-l] pct runners?
I think the problem with running the PCT on your own with no support crew is
that your body just can't handle it. This guy who did run it must be a
freak of nature. I bet he walked parts of it (I'm sure he spent the
required extra night at the Peter Grub hut anyway).
You'd have to average a 20-25 mile run everyday. At that pace a hiker would
make the same distance because that is what we hike everyday (except for
squeaky , of course. He is busting 45's all the time). Can you imagine
running a marathon everyday through the mountains? I think running, for the
average person (even in awesome running shape), who doesn't have some kind
of bionic commando legs, just isn't possible...
That is a total tortise and hair story. Can you imagine it. This guy has
to get up and run and then at the end of the day you camp together every
night. That would put a damper on things for him!
He musta had roller blades for the downhills. Check this link
www.heelys.com
Mouse
www.trailjournals.com/joeniemiec
>From: Wayne Kraft <wayneskraft@comcast.net>
>To: "Greg Lindstrom" <glindstrom37@msn.com>
>CC: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] pct runners?
>Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:56:10 -0800
>
>David Horton did it in 2005 in 66 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes. See Hortons
>website: http://www.extremeultrarunning.com/. Montrail's website
>(www.montrail.com) had a page regarding Horton's adventure. It has been
>taken down. You might also read The Fastest Hike: Quest for the PCT Record
>(2004; by Ray Greenlaw) and Soul, Sweat and Survival on the Pacific Crest
>Trail (1994; by Bob Holtel). Short answer: It has been done with minimal
>gear, but not without some sort of support crew.
>
>Wayne Kraft
>
>On Dec 5, 2005, at 8:33 PM, Greg Lindstrom wrote:
>
>>Does anyone know if anyone has ever run the entire length of the pct? If
>>so, who/when. If not, could this be done with extremely minimal gear?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
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