Scott finished the trail…for the ninth time! He beat his old record by 10 days for a yo-yo trek. The local papers made a little bit of a big deal about it, which he deserves. Dang, can you imagine doing the trail 9 time! ok, ok, so 4 of them were a yo-yo trip. He is only 34, probaly has a dozen or so more in him…Ha
Can I finish it once please? Without Giardia?
Congrats…this should inspire us lesser beings to hike on.
Evil Goat
Anyone have a link to the newspaper article on Scott finishing? Met him and his fiancee this summer and would love to read about him again.
Moose
CONGRATS from France!
you are a hero man!
I ran into you just after Timberline, you looked like a free bird…
Bravo!!!
french bob
I too am impressed and also understand from many that Scott is a very kind and friendly guy – we need more of those folks. Here’s my question: like every other activity from long distance running to lawn bowling, the hiing community seems to be developing (for those who want to participate) various “records.” I belive there are fastest-time records for all the long trails, some records for oldest and youngest hikers, Brian Robinson’s single-year Triple Crown, and of course Scott’s amazing ahievement. Is this information recorded anywhere? Is there anyone who has become the recognized keeper of the books for these friendly competitions?
mcintyre
I, and a few others, have kept track of ‘shortest time’ endurance records for the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail over the past 30+ years.
When I have the time, I will post the ten shortest times for both these trails.
As of now, Andrew Thompson has the AT shortest time set in 2005. Matt Hazley’s (Squeaky) attempt at a new standard this past summer was postponed due to a training injury.
I feel the greatest challenge left on the AT, besides shortening Andrew’s record, is for someone to walk the AT four times in one calendar year. That would be interesting to follow.
warren doyle