Scott Williamson and Tattoo Joe Kisner broke the speed record for an unsupported hike on the Pacific Crest Trail.
As expected, Scott Williamson and Tattoo Joe Kisner set a record for a Pacific Crest Trail hike without a support team by finishing it in 71 days, 2 hours, 41 minutes. They beat Joe's 2007 record of 79 days, 21 hours, 42 minutes by 8 days, 19 hours, 1 minute. Reinhold Metzger of Point Loma, who once held the speed mark on the John Muir Trail, reported that they departed Campo on a hot, sunny day, on June 8, at 12:45 p.m. and arrived at Manning Park, Canada on a rainy day on Aug. 18, at 3:26 p.m. Tattoo Joe lost about 50 pounds, but Williamson didn't lose much at all. They celebrated with a big dinner in Seattle before parting company. A friend who picked them up at the Canada-U.S. border said they stopped at every restaurant along the way.
“Seventy-one days in the wilderness, without a stove, cranking 40 miles a day, amazing, truly amazing,” Metzger wrote in a e-mail. “They are truly two of America's premier backpackers.”
71 dats and 2,658 miles wow. Without support. Amazing! Way to go guys.
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