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Bob Stewart Benton MacKaye Trail (GA, TN, NC) Unsupported In progress

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  • Jason Hardrath @jasonhardrath:
    Ashley, was the trestle worth it?
  • Jason Hardrath @jasonhardrath:
    Snazuk, That is because these are run + free solo rock climbing routes (or hard scrambles as Buzz would call it).  In the portions where the GPS seems to zig-zag you are climbing up a rock face on the named route. The process with these FKTs is to… read more »
  • Jason Hardrath @jasonhardrath:
    Snazuk, The admins definitely face a difficulty here. While any named trail could potentially be accepted as an FKT, none of us want people to try to submit each named trail within every single park with named trails...it waters down the meaning of… read more »
  • Steven James:
    Lockdown rules allowing I will be running a supported attempt of this route in June 2021.
  • runspired:
    Just a note here, this one comes with a flag as Meikael utilized the road instead of the final portion of summit trail to reach the summit. The correct route is ~20s longer at this effort level, so for anyone interested in being the first sub-60, it… read more »