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Male
Style
Self-supported
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Phil Phelan began his self-supported journey at the southern terminus of the Blue Ridge Parkway (Cherokee NC) on May 19th 2015 at 2:53 pm. Averaging 34 miles a day, he then reached the northern terminus of Skyline Drive (Front Royal VA) on June 5th 2015 at 3:09 pm. The grand total was 575.5 miles (plus resupply) with an elevation change of around 99,851'.
This is a video depicting his feat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeVIMUBp6a0