I've shared the inreach link with a number of people, and will post my progress publicly, but on a delay, at mycnat. This website is a work in progress. Kyler and I are still headed north, doing some big days and some not so big, and my AT hike is about to get a little wonky, so I've encouraged Peter to stop tracking it and unlist it.
Occasional updates, along with daily mileage, will still be posted on the website above, along with a more thorough recap at the end of it all likely late August , so check that if you're interested.
A quick recap of the actual FKT attempt: things were going fairly well for the first 10 days. Day 11 was a big hard day, and ended with my legs generally feeling "it. We completed the day as planned, but a few miles into day 13, it quickly turned into a pain that I wasn't willing to, or couldn't, walk through all day, so I stopped.
The FKT was out at that point, along with early notions of turning it around for 2nd. I was confident "it" and I would get better and stronger, along the lines of a traditional thru-hike, and Kyler was still game, so we're still at it. We've learned a lot. My biggest one is that sleep is important, and you have to find a way to do it well. Kyler's biggest one is consistency and thoroughness in tasks. Special thanks to Kyler for being Kyler, and for giving an Appalachian-born trail runner his dream vacation.
I'm really glad you're still going. It takes a lot of maturity to continue on and be able to appreciate the trail after having to stop with an attempt. Maine, US. New Hampshire, US. Vermont, US. Massachusetts, US. Connecticut, US. New York, US. New Jersey, US. Maryland, US. Pennsylvania, US. Virginia, US. North Carolina, US. Georgia, US. Tennessee, US. Vertical Gain. Women in italics. GPS Track. AT - Filtered Pts. Supported Liz "Mercury" Anjos 51d 16h 30m 0s Self-supported Elizabeth "Snorkel" Thomas 80d 13h 11m 0s Self-supported Joey Campanelli 48d 23h 48m 0s Matt Kirk 58d 9h 40m 0s Self-supported Heather Anderson 54d 7h 48m 0s Related Routes.
TN, NC. Hundred Mile Wilderness ME. This route on the old FKT site. From Eric Strumpf: Greetings! Updates will come on the Facebook page Karel Sabbe Ultrarunning.
Hoping for a safe and unforgettable experience! Wish me luck, Karel. When did nobo and sobo become different records? Woohoo, congratulations! My trail name is the Orange Pig, and hopefully this time around, pigs can fly ; I am primarily using mail drops for resupply to limit my time in towns and in contact with others. Official start: 8am, April 14, Time Goal: 75 days. Cached supplies in advance--default is self-supported style; may adjust.
Planned start: June 22, at p. Stopped on Day 4. Severe ankle sprain early on Day 3 during downhill run. The crew consist of I will share our FKT attempt via the links below Peace, love, and summer adventures, Corey. Hi All, Kyler and I are still headed north, doing some big days and some not so big, and my AT hike is about to get a little wonky, so I've encouraged Peter to stop tracking it and unlist it.
Best, Corey. Karel Sabbe. Scott Jurek. Pete Palmer. David Horton. Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy. Dan "Knotts" Binde. Liz "Mercury" Anjos. Elizabeth "Snorkel" Thomas. Karl Meltzer. Andrew Thompson. Nevertheless, she was a legend on the trail, and her house in the A. They need to be the fastest one to thru-hike it.
The trend really took off when two hikers, David Horton and Scott Grierson, hiked the trail neck and neck, vying for a speed record in Grierson, a hiker from Bar Harbor, Maine, had a two-day head start on Horton, an ultramarathoner. But the two had different strategies, and Horton, who walk-ran hours per day eventually gained on Grierson, who walked hours per day.
Ultimately, Horton finished in 52 days 9 hours and Grierson in 55 days 20 hours 34 minutes. Horton held the record until , when ultrarunner Pete Palmer smashed it, hiking the trail in 48 days 20 hours and 11 minutes. Palmer held it for six years, but speed hiker Andrew Thompson broke it in , completing his thru hike in 47 days 13 hours 31 minutes.
In , year-old Jennifer Pharr Davis set the female record: 57 days 8 hours 35 minutes. But Irwin had an entirely different experience. He lost his sight in his mids from a degenerative disease, and in , at age 49, became the first blind person to hike the entire Appalachian Trail. With the help of his Seeing Eye dog, Orient, Irwin hiked it over the course of eight and a half months, falling an estimated 5, times along the way.
But for Irwin, the miraculous feat of doing it was a life-changing event. When travel writer Bill Bryson moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, in , after living in Britain for 20 years, he experienced culture shock.
Happening upon a nearby trailhead to the Appalachian Trail one day, he got the idea to hike it and reacquaint himself with America. After telling his family, friends and publisher he would later write A Walk in the Woods , a New York Times bestseller recounting his trip about his plan, he got a call from Stephen Katz, a childhood friend from Iowa, who wanted to join him.
An overweight, Little-Debbie-loving guy, Katz was an unlikely hiker, but Bryson agreed to his coming along. The two set out on March 9, , traveling south to north. But by Gatlinburg, Tennessee, they came to terms with the fact that they were never going to walk the entire way to Maine. They revised their plan and decided that they would walk the Appalachian Trail, just not all of it joining the nearly 90 percent of thru hikers who never make it. In the end, Bryson trekked miles, or Learn More.
View Photo Archive. The number of people hiking the entire Trail has risen dramatically over the years. From to , only 59 completions are recorded. In , the numbers began to rise. Ten people completed the Trail in , including Ed Garvey, whose thru-hike was well-publicized. By , the total number of 2,milers had increased more than ten-fold. The total had doubled by and again by More hike completions were reported for the year alone than in the first 40 years combined. Trends are changing, though.
The percentage of women has grown steadily over the years; by , women represented a third of thru-hikers. Hikers of a wide range of ages have completed the A. While about half of all thru-hikers are in their 20s, many people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s have thru-hiked the A. About people in their 60s have completed thru-hikes, but only about 50 people age 70 and above have completed thru-hikes.
Two people in their 80s have completed a thru-hike; the oldest was Teens comprise about four percent of thru-hikers; a very small number of children have completed the A. Section-hikers tend to be older, with a median age of Their ages at the time of their hike completions have ranged from 15 to Five others reported completing the entire Trail between and , including a completion by George W.
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