Are you kidding? FKTs, Mount Hood

[mayhem]

Are you kidding? FKTs, Mount Hood

http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/t ... il-mt-hood

Max King set the unsupported "modern" (post washout) FKT, 6h40m40s, October 28, 2015 I have been following this nut from another planet for some time, but come on seriously?? :0
Ryan Matz and Ryan Ghelfi had the unsupported FKT, 7h29m56s, July 8, 2015. (Ryan Ghelfi) I ran into this guy at Kings Mountain TH. He was doing Elk Kings loop + up Kings & down again, while I was flip flop jiggling up & back kings. He finished right behind me. Dude was literaly sprinting up Kings on his second ascent??? WTH.

John Coffey has the FKT, 6h24m33s, set in a race on August 28, 1982.
Lynn Harmon has the women's FKT, 7h15m17s, set in the same 1982 race.
Tyler Green had the previous unsupported FKT, 7h28m15s, September 27, 2015.

Before Matz & Ghelfi, Rod Bein had the previous unsupported FKT, 7h38m, Sept. 3, 2014.

The following times from races on the Timberline during 1979-1983 is given at realendurance.com:
Men's times:
John Coffey 6h24m33s 1982
Warren Finke 6h43m25s 1982
Rae Clark 6h43m36s 1983
Rae Clark 6h49m19s 1982
Stephen Boyer 6h49m27s 1983
Rich Goodhead 6h52m55s 1982
Jim Pellon 6h55m22s 1982
Frank Thomas 7h1m56s 1983
Women's times:
Lynn Harmon 7h15m17s 1982
Lynn Harmon 8h8m6s 1981
Susan Deane 8h43m45s 1983
Karen Clement 9h0m55s 1981
Karen Clement 9h6m55s 1982
Sandra Stepp 9h24m1s 1983

[Eric Peterson]

Who cares JA, I made it around in 15 hours! Woo Hoo

[Guy]

Who cares JA, I made it around in 15 hours! Woo Hoo

Yeah me too

[mayhem]

Who cares JA, I made it around in 15 hours! Woo Hoo

Yeah me too

Hmmm... Yes it's all coming back to me now!!
There was a Root Vegetable, Stock Vegetable, Volcano Dude, An aposable finger, Bank , Non Girl, Stick Figue & some jiggly carrot stealing Ma'm on that saggalopalous?

[BigBear]

These fast runs around Mt. Hood seem to clock out at 5.75 to 6.0 mph.

It's pretty amazing anyone can run on rugged terrain that fast, but personally, I liked my 3-nights and 4-days on the trail just fine. I had a heavier pack, for sure, but I liked watching the evening alpenglow.

I've heard about those PCT-in-a-month runs and have to shake my head. Sure, there are some sections that you may want to get thru without blinking too many times, but there are other sections that a saunter is quicker than I would like to do.

Congratulations to anyone who can get around the mountain in less time than I am at work each day... but
I'm going for the record of: most scenic miles & hours in nature.

[retired jerry]

who cares, I've done it in 80 hours

why waste a perfectly good backpack by doing it in one day

(no way I could do that)

[forestkeeper]

I would like to see what Sean Thomas could do it in.

[Webfoot]

I am too slow and weak to genuinely comprehend any of the great feats, but in any discussion of "mountain" and "fast" I'll drop a note of Ueli Steck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpYNr7es0Y

[mayhem]

I am too slow and weak to genuinely comprehend any of the great feats, but in any discussion of "mountain" and "fast" I'll drop a note of Ueli Steck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfpYNr7es0Y

Yeah!!.... absolutely fantastic! I think I remember SpeedShop (ebishop) mentioning this speed climber on a Loony hike with Sean & myself. Now I understand. He seems like a really cool badass!

[Chip Down]

Reminds me of eating competitions.
Yeah, amazing that you can do that...but why would anybody want to?