[at-l] Speed Record on the A.T.

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

While it is a great athletic feat no doubt, all these people who do long
distance records with gazillions of support people, sponsors, etc. just
don't do much for me . . . if "fastest" is to be a goal, which is very
debateable, at least I would like to know who has done it "the fastest"
on their own [i.e., without any support vans/sponsors/people] . . .

thru-thinker

runhorton@juno.com wrote:
> 
> Andrew Thompson attempted to break the speed record on the A.T. during
> the summer of 2001.  He was 13 miles behind Pete Palmer's record going
> into the Presidential Range.   He hit a very strong storm in this area
> and it took him over a day longer than he anticipated.  He stopped after
> getting out of the Presidential Range.  Pete's time of just under 49 days
> is an unbelievable accomplishment.
> 
> Fastest times on the A.T.
> 1.  Pete Palmer  48 days, 20 hours
> 2.  David Horton  52 days, 9 hours
> 3.  Scott Grierson 55 days, 20 hours
> 4.  Cliff Tell             57 days
> 5.  Ward Leonard  60.5 days
> 6.  Mike Sandlin     65 days, 3 hours
> 
> In Christ
> David Horton
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