While David Horton’s website is now down, it is still readable on the WayBack Machine. The following excerpt talks about Sam’s Long Trail record.
“Sam Swisher-McClure is a 19 year old hiker/runner from Elkins, WV. He has experience with a portion of the A.T. because last summer he set the endurance record on the Long Trail in Vermont. This trail is 272 miles and he covered the distance in a time of 6 days and 6 hours and 50 minutes.”
Sam’s record is mentioned many times in articles and on the old FKT pro-boards. I have not been able to find a trip report or a specific start/end date, so I have put in July 1st as a placeholder start date. Just know that this is likely not the accurate start date. To my knowledge, this is the first time that Warren Doyle’s time was bested in almost 20 years. Sam’s record is also mentioned in an Outside Magazine article about Warren Doyle, which I have linked below. If anyone has any more info about Sam’s effort, please feel free to add it in the comments.
- Will Peterson