FKT: Trevor Meding - Arnold Rim Trail (CA) - 2024-07-13

Detailed trip report is on my blog along with more pictures to be uploaded there.

Highlights/Lowlights:

• 45.22 Mi (72.77 km) | 10,413 ft+ (3,174 m+)
• sometimes ART doesn’t turn out the way you want (pun intended)
• decent first half, out - then the sun came out!
• super slow coming inbound. Temps felt like 100f+ again the rock canyons once that sun exposed from the clouds. Had to take couple naps in the shade & dipped in the creeks to cool my core temp
• x2 20oz of water, x2 18oz of water, x2 17.5oz Coconut Water (with Espresso), x1 32oz LyteAde (orange)
• few handfuls of Mike & Ike’s candy, majority bag of dried papaya

I have been eyeing this route for a couple years since my In-Laws have a place not too far away from this. I have visited the area the last few years and had the opportunity to experience the Arnold Rim Trail (ART) on these visits. In 2023 I had a race very close proximity to my visit and so did not attempt the full out & back route. However this year things aligned and I took the opportunity to put a time up on the FKT board. Looking back I am glad to have taken the run, but there is a lot (and I mean a lot of extra time to be chopped off here). No matter what, a day in the mountains is never wasted.