Sam Skrocke did the self-powered CA 14ers in just 9d20h41m (self-supported), July 29 - August 7, 2014, as reported below.
Skrocke reported:
Self-powered CA 14ers, 9d20h41m
I recently completed climbing all(15) of California's fourteen thousand foot peaks in 9d20h41m. Here is a link to a full TR. Below is just the skinny version.
My Splits:
| Shasta TR start 7/29 | 12:15am |
| Mt. Shasta summit | 4:47am |
| Shasta TR finish | 6:25am |
| Camp 1 in (Susanville) | 8:16pm |
| Camp 1 out 7/30 | 8:30am |
| Camp 2 in (Reno) | 8:45pm |
| Camp 2 out 7/31 | 6:00am |
| Camp 3 in (Lee Vining) | 6:50pm |
| Camp 3 out 8/1 | 6:15am |
| Camp 4 in (Glacier Lodge TH) | 6:35pm |
| Glacier Lodger TH start 8/2 | 3:00am |
| Thunder Bolt Peak | 11:05am |
| Slarlight Peak | 11:20am |
| North Palisade | 11:50am |
| Polemonium Peak | 12:30pm |
| Mt. Sill | 1:15pm |
| Middle Palisade | 6:28pm |
| Glacier Lodge TH finish | 9:45pm |
| McMurry Meadows TR start 8/3 | 4:45am |
| Split Mountain | 11:50am |
| McMurry Meadows TR finish | 4:15pm |
| Camp 5 in (Hwy 168 3 miles from Big Pine) | 7:15pm |
| Camp 5 out 8/4 | 6:30am |
| White Mountain | 12:15pm |
| Camp 6 in (Independence Campgrounds) | 10:00pm |
| Shephards Pass TH start 8/5 | 6:00am |
| Mt. Tyndall | 12:05pm |
| Mt. Williamson | 5:05pm |
| Shephards Pass TH finish | 9:15pm |
| Camp 6 in (again) | 10:30pm |
| Camp 6 out 8/6 | 9:00am |
| Camp 7 in (Tuttle Creek TH) | 4:40pm |
| Tuttle Creek TH start 8/7 | 3:30am |
| Mt. Langley | 8:35am |
| Mt. Muir | 12:35pm |
| Mt. Whitney | 1:21pm |
| Mt. Russell | 2:50pm |
| Whitney Portal TH | 6:13pm |
| Tuttle Creek TH finish | 8:41pm |
I ran in a pair of Solomon Speed Cross 3's
My bike was a Trek 520 crossbike
I climbed in a pair of La Sportiva Nago's
I took a GPS reading from the summits with a Suunto Ambit 2
I was completely self-supported and mostly unsupported: I used Goran Kropp’s purist ethics as I understood them from his book “Ultimate High”. I carried all my gear from start to finish. I carried all the food that I was going to need for the climbing and camping from the beginning. I did not take any help, food or other items from anyone. The only thing I did not carry with me was the meals I would require during the bike riding portion of this trip, which I purchased from restaurants along the way. I did carry all supplementary food for the bike from the start.
I ate Mountain House meals with dehydrated potato flakes, to beef them up a bit, for my meals.
I carried with me 500 calories worth of product each day in the form of Natures Bakery Fig Bars, PowerBar Gel Blasts and PowerBar Energy Waffers.
The Biking:
| P.O.I. | Distance(miles) | Gain(feet) | Loss(feet) |
| Shasta TH to Camp 1 (20 miles west of Susanville) | 116 | 8,973 | 6,896 |
| Camp 1 to Camp 2 (Mt. Rose Hwy. Reno) | 124 | 4,252 | 3,035 |
| Camp 2 to Camp 3 (Mobile Mart, Lee Vining) | 130 | 7,365 | 4,967 |
| Camp 3 to Camp 4 (Glacier Lodge TH) | 90 | 6,050 | 5,190 |
| Camp 4 to McMurry Meadows TH | 19 | 2,976 | 4,252 |
| McMurry TH to Camp 5 (Hwy 168 Big Pine) | 17 | 1,076 | 3,635 |
| Camp 5 to Barcroft Station | 38 | 9,852 | 1,378 |
| Barcroft Station to Camp 6 (Independence) | 69 | 2,477 | 10,748 |
| Independence to Shepherds Pass TH | 6 | 1,755 | 85 |
| Shepherds Pass TH to Independence | 6 | 85 | 1,755 |
| Independence to Tuttle Creek TH | 27 | 5,866 | 387 |
| Totals: | 642 | 50,727 | 42,328 |
The Climbing:
Mt. Shasta: Sergents Ridge
Thunderbolt Peak: East Face 5.5 (5.9 var.) onsight
Starlight, North, Polemonium, Sill: Palisades Traverse 5.9
Middle Palisade: Southwest Chute Class 4
Split Mountain: North Slope Class 2
Mt. Tyndall: North Rib Class 3
Mt. Williamson: Northwest Buttress 5.5 onsight
Langley: Northeast Chute Class 3
Muir: Class 2
Whitney: Class 1
Russell: Fishhook Arete 5.8 onsight