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Athlete Route Start date Style Status
Tara Dower Appalachian Trail (AT) Supported Complete - New FKT!
Georgia Porter Arizona Trail (AZ) Supported Complete - New FKT!
Nick Fowler Arizona Trail (AZ) Self-supported Complete - New FKT!
Bob Stewart Mason-Dixon Trail (DE, MD, PA) Unsupported Complete - New FKT!
Chip Autin LA Hwy 1 Supported Complete - New FKT!

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  • Messenger:
    "thru-hikes generally don't get me very excited.."   I know some of the voters are friends of Buzz or just other people who aren't familiar with FKTs or our community at all, but this is a bit much. That's not a sentence I ever imagined… read more »
  • Daniel Blanks:
    Looking at doing an unsupported attempt sometime this year, and am wondering about the Patonga to Brooklyn water crossing. Apparently there used to be a ferry, but it is no longer, and so most people recommend a private water taxi. Would this still… read more »
  • One_last_hurrah:
    Hey Rob, I’m a local runner in the Columbia area and bumped into you before your FKT attempt. Thinking about doing the same this spring. Wondering if I could buy you lunch or a drink to discuss your attempt and some questions I had. Please let me… read more »
  • Joshua Alcorn:
    I'm going to give this route a try on Wednesday, February 2nd.  Wish me luck.
  • seano:
    I don't find it so hard to explain: the Pennine Way is apparently an old, competitive record that is hard to improve, while the Via Alpina is nearly an OKT, and the PCT was surrounded by a fair amount of controversy around re-routing.  I was… read more »