Thanks, Bawkin! I am both glad I did the AT and glad to *have done* the AT, if you catch my meaning. When I started in the spring I really had no plans to finish this year, but I guess I’ve grown a little obsessive in my old age.

Funny, pretty much all the Westerners I met on the trail were like, “Yeah, I’m glad I’m doing it, but I’m kind of mad about it, too – no switchbacks, endless days of ‘green tunnel,’ etc. etc.”

I told Jody I would refrain from doing a long trip next summer, but will be in Colorado for two months and I hope to finish up my 14ers. As for 2018….. who knows?

Not being an “FKT” person myself, I do enjoy crawling around the site.

“Pony”

There is no appropriate forum for BS. 🙂 I’ll gladly add any item that is new…but I am not going to herd cats. You may want to do something similar as well. They’ll find a home. If I was not on call for my IT Monkey job, I’d be out somewhere fun enjoying this beautiful Colorado fall weather instead.

(Hi Clay – I already complained to the reporter about inaccuracies. They seem more concerned about speed of publication than accuracy. Hey, congrats on your AT, huge hike!)

About once a year…. I do confess to finding the reactions very interesting as it does show the ongoing debates about the public lands. The Scott jurek one esp. And since this comes up once a year…

You two are of both of course correct. It is probably the most widespread article. I made note of it and also linked to the GJ article that is a bit better.

I’ve been good friends with Peter since fifth grade. Pretty bad that this writer couldn’t get his name right.

I couldn’t find an email address for her, but I did send an email to the editor asking them to fix the egregious error, noting that it “does not reflect well on the magazine.”

And I agree that overall, the story was just terrible, particularly in its effort to be “fair and balanced” in a situation that is much more clear-cut than it is portrayed.

All I know is I want some pistachio gelato now.
Maybe 99 bottles of beer and a battlestar marathon too.

Wait, it’s time for the Super Bowl already?

Interesting that Rosie Ruiz still claims to have ran the entire Boston Marathon. So the person making the claim may very well become the Ruiz of FKTs

That said, this young woman claiming the records (both supported and self-supported) couldn’t possibly be more full of shit. She really has no leg to stand on. The evidence is all against her, whether it’s her physical condition, the numerous reports of her lounging about smoking and partying along the way, the lack of any sort of documentation, even a guy who gave her a ride coming forward to call her a liar.

Something not right with this woman.