Hello All,
http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/10239/
A daunting challenge
It’s a grueling trail (more people have climbed Mount Everest than successfully through-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail). Fox’s ambitions are not only to complete it, but to *run *it, and beat the 65-day record as well.
Fox, who went on from Wheeler to Yale (where he was a four-year letterman in track and field), is currently in the Oregon stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs along the spine of the West’s highest peaks, from the Cascade Mountains in Washington and Oregon, along the Sierra Nevada in Northern California, and down through California’s coastal mountains to its terminus in Campo, CA.
The math
44 miles per day, for two months: Fox, running
computes to an average of 16 hours a day of running, 44 miles a day, every day, for two months. For even a devoted athlete like Fox, who lettered 15 times in four sports while a student at Wheeler, it’s a daunting challenge. Over its 2,650 miles, the trail climbs 60 major mountain passes and descends 19 major canyons. It passes more than 1,000 lakes and traverses 3 National Monuments, 7 National Parks, and 24 National Forests.
http://talk.brooksrunning.com/...pacific-crest-trail/
The Pacific Crest Trail spans 2,256.5 miles and the entire west coast—from Canada to Mexico. It climbs nearly 60 major mountain passes and descends 19 canyons. Fewer people have thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail than have climbed Mt. Everest. Yesterday morning, Sam Fox completed his journey across the entire Pacific Crest Trail. It took Sam 56 days to complete the trail. That’s an average of 42.3 miles, or 14 to 16 hours of running, every single day.
Cheers,
Neal
+1 mph Faster