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Craig Lloyd
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Utah Triple Crown (UT)
« Thread Started on Jul 8, 2010, 3:06pm »

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 http://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.

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Re: Utah Triple Crown (UT)
« Reply #1 on Jul 16, 2010, 7:07pm »

I completed the Utah Triple Crown yesterday in 9:41:46.

I summited King's Peak, South King's and Gilbert Peak. I threw in East Gunsight Peak too, but only because it was in the way.

Total mileage for my route was 29.2 with 17,200+ ft elev gain/loss.

As far as I know, this is the current record.

My trip report with photos and video can be found on my http://refusetoquit.blogspot.com/2010/07/utah-triple-crown-speed-record.html.

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Re: Utah Triple Crown (UT)
« Reply #2 on Jul 12, 2011, 12:17pm »

Craig - Erik Storheim, Peter Lindgren and myself will be running the Triple Crown this weekend. Stay tuned for how we do - Jay Aldous

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Re: Utah Triple Crown (UT)
« Reply #3 on Jul 17, 2011, 7:25pm »

Erik Storheim, Peter Lindgren and myself (Jay Aldous) completed the Utah Triple Crown on July 16, 2011 in 9:21.

A trip report can be viewed at http://mrc-ultra.blogspot.com/2011/07/utah-triple-crown-fkt.html

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Re: Utah Triple Crown (UT)
« Reply #4 on Jul 12, 2012, 9:24pm »

I set a new FKT on the Utah Triple Crown today with a 8:29:13. Report later. Here's the garmin data.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/198613958

I've added my trip report with details and a few photos.
http://www.refuse2quit.com/2012/07/utah-triple-crown-fkt.html

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Re: Utah Triple Crown (UT)
« Reply #5 on Aug 18, 2012, 11:01pm »

8/18/2012

New FKT for Utah Triple Crown. 8:26:53. A very thin margin but gets the job done. I was on par with Craig Lloyd's splits all day. Total distance was 29.78

GARMIN DATA:
<iframe width='465' height='548' frameborder='0' src='http://connect.garmin.com:80/activity/embed/212186941'></iframe>

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Re: Utah Triple Crown (UT)
« Reply #6 on Aug 18, 2012, 11:06pm »

Link to GARMIN activity for above post:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/212186941

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