Episode 67: 2019 FKT Of the Year Awards - Preview with Andrew Skurka and Peter Bakwin

Category
End of Year

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Five women and five men will be awarded for the best FKTs in 2019.  Who will they be?  Peter Bakwin (Episode 65) and Andrew Skurka (Episode 26) discuss what inspired them this year.

Fryman Canyon Loop (CA)

Submitted by pbakwin on Thu, 01/02/2020 - 02:52pm
Description

Studio City (Los Angeles).  The 2.6 mile trail starts at the Betty B Dearing Mountain Trail sign and continues in a counterclockwise loop. It’s a paved road for the first 0.4 miles, then switches to compressed dirt road for most of the hike. The final mile is on neighborhood streets, and is considered part of the route to complete the loop back to the starting point. There is some shade along the trail. 

Mt Albert Edward (BC, Canada)

Submitted by pbakwin on Tue, 12/31/2019 - 12:58pm
Description

Mount Edward Albert is found in the eastern sector of Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia and at 2,093m ranks sixth in the altitude stakes on the Island. Unlike many peaks on the Island, the passage of the glaciers left at least the summit and northeast ridges of the mountain unscarred. The result is a relative rarity in Strathcona, an easy hiking peak.