Ryan Williams asked a few of us to comment on the inclusion of the Garfield summit on this route. My policy has always been to follow the route of the person who set the FKT.  Debates to include various summits on routes could get endless.  With… read more »

I ran the single Pemi loop in the clockwise direction on August 23rd, 2021 in a time of 5hrs37min44sec. 1min13sec off Kuenzle's current unsupported FKT. Close but no cigar, figured it was notable https://www.strava.com/activities/5841835739/overview

Started at 7am with adventure bud @joohm counter clockwise from cloud cap. Beta was solid. Shoes were indeed super full of pumice sand within minutes. Hillman was just as steep as it looked - from where we gave up. Tempted to stop for a swim at… read more »

John and I are planning a Zion downhill trek tomorrow, with a shuttle up to Lava Point.  It's likely we'll follow the Buzz/Jared route on the bottom end, to pop out much closer to the shuttle stop instead of having to do 4+ road miles back to town… read more »

I found Paul's email address online & contacted him. Apparently he did run this route, but hasn't submitted it. It sounds like that was a mistake on his part. Here is what he told me: "mostly single track and well-maintained.  The Waugaschance… read more »