White Rim Road (UT) « Thread Started on Nov 1, 2009, 4:16pm »
Peter Bakwin holds the record for running the White Rim in 18h43m22s, Dec. 2-3, 2006.
The White Rim Road is a beautiful, 100-mile jeep road (with 7 miles of pavement) in the Islands in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park, near Moab, Utah. The "White Rim in a Day" (WRAID) has been a classic for mtn bikers since it was first done (probably) by Buzz Burrell in the mid-1980s.
Paul Pomeroy and Emily Loman ran the White Rim Road in a single push of around 28 hours in Fall of 2002. Emily had an injury flare up during the run, so their time was slow. Paul went back again on April 12-13, 2003, and did the loop in 21h57m. Peter Bakwin lowered the time to 18h43m22s on December 2-3, 2006 (report). Charles Corfield started the run with Bakwin, but was stopped at 50 miles due to a foot injury. Charles has completed the loop on 3 occasions since then, in December 2007 (don't know the time), March 2008 (19h51m), and December 2008 (19-20h). On two of his trips Charles carried a GPS and measured the total distance at 99.79 and 99.81 miles, respectively. Justin Snow measured the route at 99.95 miles by a GPS carried on his mountain bike in April 2009.
Brandon Sybrowski, Ian Torrence, Stephanie Ehret, Paul Pomeroy and Peter Bakwin on the White Rim in 2002
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Re: White Rim Road (UT) « Reply #1 on Oct 13, 2011, 10:05pm »
I remember reading about a guy (a LONG time ago) who ran WRIAD completely unsupported and used a bike trailer to haul all of his water (if I remember correctly the guy worked for REI or Patagonia). Does anyone have any more info on this or any info on any other unsupported runs on the White Rim?
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