Post by Craig Lloyd on Jul 8, 2010 15:06:48 GMT -5
I'll be attempting to beat the speed record of the Utah Triple Crown next week on July 15, 2010.
The Utah Triple Crown was first coined in 2001 when I did a one day ascent of all three of Utah's tallest peaks in a day, starting from an advanced base camp at Dollar Lake. The three peaks are King's Peak, South King's, and Gilbert Peak; in that order. The trip was covered by a local paper and over time has received a bit of attention by local peakbaggers. I never considered what I did a FA and I know of at least two other people who have come forward and said they had done it before me.
In 2008 I was again in the Uinta's hiking King's Peak in a day and checked the trail registry at the bottom to see how many other people had done it in a day that year. I was shocked to see that Davy Crockett had made an attempt at the Triple Crown, car to car. As far as I know his was the first round trip done car to car in a time of 14:34:59 (about 37 miles). His report can be read at www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=120#more-120.
I have heard of one other person doing this and it was accomplished in under 14 hours. I'll confirm by next week when I post my time.
I will be attempting to complete the tri-fector in under 12 hours, with a dream goal of around 10 hrs. It will be an unsupported trip. Unlike other attempts I plan to not hit the peaks in order, but to do Gilbert first, hit a peak in between, and then King's and So King's. I will most likely be doing this alone, but will have my Garmin watch and will take photos.
I'll post results next week.
The Utah Triple Crown was first coined in 2001 when I did a one day ascent of all three of Utah's tallest peaks in a day, starting from an advanced base camp at Dollar Lake. The three peaks are King's Peak, South King's, and Gilbert Peak; in that order. The trip was covered by a local paper and over time has received a bit of attention by local peakbaggers. I never considered what I did a FA and I know of at least two other people who have come forward and said they had done it before me.
In 2008 I was again in the Uinta's hiking King's Peak in a day and checked the trail registry at the bottom to see how many other people had done it in a day that year. I was shocked to see that Davy Crockett had made an attempt at the Triple Crown, car to car. As far as I know his was the first round trip done car to car in a time of 14:34:59 (about 37 miles). His report can be read at www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=120#more-120.
I have heard of one other person doing this and it was accomplished in under 14 hours. I'll confirm by next week when I post my time.
I will be attempting to complete the tri-fector in under 12 hours, with a dream goal of around 10 hrs. It will be an unsupported trip. Unlike other attempts I plan to not hit the peaks in order, but to do Gilbert first, hit a peak in between, and then King's and So King's. I will most likely be doing this alone, but will have my Garmin watch and will take photos.
I'll post results next week.