[pct-l] New PCT Speed Record

[marmot marmot]

Supposedly there is a record on each trail for the longest time out there. I know a guy who claims to have spent 8 1/2 months on the CDT. The speed records have a personal value. Mostly no one else cares. It still comes down to, are they a nice person who hasn't harmed the trail or the trail experience? 
Those people who have maintained that ethic hold everyone's respect no matter what speed they move. 
Marmot

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> On Sep 2, 2016, at 12:10 PM, Tim Crum <4140lcl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Is anybody famous for just poking along the trail and enjoying it? Not
> worrying about how fast they can do the trip, how many miles they can do in
> one day, how little weight they can carry, etc.?
> It's a camping trip. Enjoy the walk!
> 
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi gang,
>> 
>> Trouble is back in town.....the girls are dancing in the streets the guys
>> are gnashing
>> 
>> their teeth.
>> 
>> Like some of you PCT fanatics probably already know, a 26 year old Belgian
>> Dentist
>> 
>> marathon runner by the name Karel Sabbe, who in the last 2 years has run
>> close to
>> 
>> 8,000 KM in 31 countries,  set a new PCT speed record of 52 days, 8 hrs,
>> 25 minutes.
>> 
>> It should be noted that Karel did it as a marathon runner, with a support
>> team, VS
>> 
>> traditional backpacking where you carry all your gear and food, etc.
>> 
>> Hats of to Karel, the new PCT sped record holder and his accomplishment.
>> 
>> All records, sooner or later get broken.
>> 
>> However, in my book, my buddy Scott Williamson still is, and probably
>> always will be
>> 
>> the undeniable, the unquestionable, and indisputable "King of the PCT" and
>> his PCT
>> 
>> accomplishments probably will never be equaled.
>> 
>> "LONG LIVE THE KING" and may you have many offsprings to carry on your
>> legacy.
>> 
>> And also long live Switchback, the undeniable, the unquestionable, and
>> indisputable
>> 
>> "Rascal" of the PCT...,aka Switchback the trail pirate, who's mischief of
>> raiding and
>> 
>> plundering innocent hikers also will never be equaled.
>> 
>> I will not get into what I am famous for.
>> 
>> You can ask...YOGI...she knows.
>> 
>> JMT Reinhold
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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