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  • steveb:
    I'm sure we all know the amazing and modest Sabrina V holds the actual record, completing this in an incredible five days, 23 hours and 49 minutes. Huge respect of course to all who have completed this astonishing feat of mind over legs! Way beyond… read more »
  • Lizzie G:
    I'm going to try this route tomorrow (one way).
  • fullplate:
    Sorry, I only just saw this reply! No GPX file, I didn't own a GPS watch at the time. I think I have timestamped photos for start/finish and a few points inbetween, not sure if that's enough. Anyway, I'm hoping to redo my attempt with a lot more… read more »
  • fullplate:
    This is an interesting one. Obviously getting a friend to drive you over in a boat (which is not available to the public) = supported. Going by the book, taking publicly available transport for the water crossings would probably make it self-… read more »
  • 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 »