johnnyray
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Argle-Bargle, Jiggery-Pokery, and Applesauce
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Post by johnnyray on Sept 24, 2015 16:41:02 GMT -8
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amaruq
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Post by amaruq on Sept 24, 2015 16:53:30 GMT -8
That's... fast.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2015 17:13:01 GMT -8
Yeah, I agree. The unsupported thru-hike is far more admirable in my estimation. Nonetheless, speed records are not my thing. To each his or her own. |
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Post by Lamebeaver on Sept 24, 2015 17:33:43 GMT -8
If Grandma Gatewood had started hiking earlier, I'll be she'd have put them all to shame.
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swmtnbackpacker
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Post by swmtnbackpacker on Sept 24, 2015 17:50:19 GMT -8
Congrats - now she needs a sandwich (or 3 with fries and a double Peanut Butter fudge milkshake)
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Post by 1camper on Sept 24, 2015 18:03:32 GMT -8
Wow. She will probably hold that a while.
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Sept 25, 2015 7:21:05 GMT -8
I'm not a fan of the fast hike, either. But I like her attitude. Sounds like she does it for love of pushing herself to the limit (for me, that would mean doing the entire PCT in 2 years, probably!). And that, I can respect, especially since she did it unsupported and without a big fanfare.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Sept 25, 2015 22:23:38 GMT -8
I didn't know Amish people did stuff like that. Cool.
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Post by 1camper on Sept 26, 2015 5:07:38 GMT -8
What she did is make it possible to dispense with the mens/women's record and just have THE record. I know she wanted to keep her hike low key but it really deserves much more attention.
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BlueBear
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Post by BlueBear on Sept 26, 2015 6:11:03 GMT -8
I'm not a fan of the fast hike, either. But I like her attitude. Sounds like she does it for love of pushing herself to the limit (for me, that would mean doing the entire PCT in 2 years, probably!). And that, I can respect, especially since she did it unsupported and without a big fanfare. Pretty much my thoughts exactly.  |
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Post by Jester 2000 on Oct 1, 2015 6:45:16 GMT -8
"What she did is make it possible to dispense with the mens/women's record and just have THE record."
. . . sort of.
The funny thing about FKTs is that the designation switches depending on the gender of who owns the record.
So, for example, when Matt Kirk held the self-supported record they also made note that the women's record was held by Snorkle (Liz Thomas).
Now that a woman holds the speed record, Matt will be noted as holding the men's record.
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