[at-l] Speed Record

[Bob C]

The Weathercarrot. Are you saying he did two northbounds in 1991, and then a southbound. That's not what I had understood from my brief conversations with Ward in Maine. I understood he started in January and walked north, then walked south, yo yoed north and was heading south again when I met him a second time in late August. 

He definitely was heading north in late August and a few days later was heading south. He expressed doubts about his second south trip because of "financial and emotional" problems.

While I was walking north with my grandson, the registers were full of comments by other hikers warning people to stay away from Ward and complaining about his negative comments to them. Also on the trail that summer were Maineiac and another hiker (Dave Horton maybe) competing to set a new speed record.

WEary




> ------------Original Message------------
> From: "The Weathercarrot" <weathercarrot at hotmail.com>
> To: at-l at mailman.backcountry.net
> Date: Mon, Jan-1-2007 6:20 PM
> Subject: [at-l] Speed Record
>
> Weary writes:
> 
> << I  suspect the n-S record may have been set by Ward Leonard on the 
> second 
> leg
> of  his distance record attempt in 1991. >>
> 
> Ward's "unsupported" speed record of 60.5 days occured in 1990. In 
> 1991, he 
> did the trail 3 times, twice northbound and then southbound, plus 
> Springer 
> to Erwin on a fourth. I saw him that year in the Shenandoahs during his 
> 
> second northbound, as well as Sherburne Pass on his southbound. I'm not 
> sure 
> anyone knows how many days any of those hikes were (besides being 
> longer 
> than 60.5 days), or how they compare to Squeaky's unsupported 2005 
> southbound.
> 
> wc
> 
> Sly writes:
> 
> << Ward probably would have it if it included carrying a backpack and 
> doing
> your own resupply, but I belive Pete Palmer has it in something like 
> 48+ 
> days
> going S-N..  Andrew Thompson aka Trail Dog hold the overall record 
> going  
> south
> at 47+ days.  Squeaky will be attempting a sub-40 day hike southbound  
> later
> this year. >>
> 
> and
> 
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