The Raad ny Foillan, Manx Gaelic for ‘The Way of the Gull’, is the Isle of Man’s premier long distance footpath. At almost 160 km / 100 miles in length it provides the perfect opportunity to walk around a complete Nation!
The Te Araroa is amazing: from the northern to southern tip of New Zealand, across the entire island (2 actually) nation! Lucy set the Female FKT, followed by George a mere 4 days later with the Male FKT, completely by coincidence. Lucy's tip for hiking 66 straight days?
"Go shove a heap of food in your face, then go again."
The Markermeer Loop is a very popular route around the Markermeer Lake, north of Amsterdam. It's mostly done by road cyclists but this addition here at FKT will be for walking / running attempts. The route follows the edge of the lake for its entirety, and is fully connected except for the 300m across the river IJ, and that's why the route starts north of the Amsterdam Centraal Station (on the north side after taking the pond) and finishes at Centraal Station ferry docks.
It's also an exact 160km (100miles), which makes for an interesting flat attempt at the distance.
Lagunas Altas is the flagship trail of the newly-established Patagonia National Park, a 750,000-acre protected area created through collaboration between Doug and Kris Tompkins, and the government of Chile. Lagunas Altas is a long day-hike trail near the park headquarters, with a steep ascent and panoramic views. It was named one of the “top 5 trails in Patagonia.”
The FKT route is a ~20km loop, as shown in this brochure:
http://www.patagoniapark.org/download/Lagunas_Altas_Loop_Trail.pdf
Ryan Pelletier compiled this information:
From the small Church in Boden to the summit of Dremelspitze and back.