Fastest Known Podcast

This week we’re headed to the rugged Adirondacks of New York state where Scott Benerofe recently set the unsupported FKT for tagging all 46 4,000ft peaks in one go. Tune in to hear how he pulled together his experiences with trail running, thru-hiking, and peakbagging to push deeper into the realm of endurance adventure.

2025 was a stunningly busy year on the Appalachian Trail. There were many high profile FKT efforts and several DNFs in the final days. Three long-held records did fall however. Sarah Baker set the women’s self-supported northbound time in 74:04:42. Lyla Harrod set the women’s southbound time in 52:18:37.

On today’s episode we’re traveling to the High Sierras of California where Caroline Himbert recently set the women’s unsupported northbound record on the premier John Muir Trail. Her first long, unsupported effort was a way for her to go back to her roots as a long distance hiker.

Bears, sheepdogs and snakes…oh my!

Today we’re traveling to possibly the most remote mountain range in the 48 contiguous US states, Wyoming’s Wind River Range. These rugged mountains have more bighorns than people and yet our guest Kelly Halpin finds great joy in traversing them solo and unsupported.