Post by skrocke on Sept 18, 2016 20:24:00 GMT -5
I am planning a FKT attempt and found this: fastestknowntime.proboards.com/post/271 Which reads: "Don't forget, the unofficial or official rules say you must stay on the ground through the duration of a record attempt. Hans flew from Lone Pine to Mt. Shasta. Jack McBroom did the 10 hour drive in an old 4x4 Toyota "four banger" pick-up."-Paul McGuffin.
Believe me this is not my first choice when it comes to styles, in fact the FKT I will be going for I already hold the unsupported record for, but back to the point. In 2007 I set out to cycle the longest road in the world as fast as I could, unsupported. I contacted Guinness Book of World Records to announce this and was told that there is no supported/unsupported record only the fastest time. As someone who puts a lot of emphasis on style I had to argue that the two styles are so different that there deserves to be two separate categories. The gentleman on the other end of the phone calmly explained that "by not separating different styles and placing them into their own category they are able to create a competitiveness that requires people to be constantly thinking of new ways to do things faster or bigger or whatever it is you are trying to do and we want to encourage creativity and thinking outside the box." At first this was hard to come to terms with because it was not what I wanted to hear and it made my attempt seem like bad one when I felt like the style alone should make it a better one (yes I know, but I am a purist).
Now I've put together a FKT in my head and I am getting very excited about the prospects of how fast something could be done if style was removed from the equation. What is possible if only the goals are met? and what is the best way to go about it in this fashion? Which has led me here. I want to know and my model makes use of a faster way to get from one trail head to another. So getting back to the post I came across earlier I pose my questions to you:
First of all, is this actually a rule? And second how frowned upon is this for a "fully supported" trip/why is one engine worse than another?
Believe me this is not my first choice when it comes to styles, in fact the FKT I will be going for I already hold the unsupported record for, but back to the point. In 2007 I set out to cycle the longest road in the world as fast as I could, unsupported. I contacted Guinness Book of World Records to announce this and was told that there is no supported/unsupported record only the fastest time. As someone who puts a lot of emphasis on style I had to argue that the two styles are so different that there deserves to be two separate categories. The gentleman on the other end of the phone calmly explained that "by not separating different styles and placing them into their own category they are able to create a competitiveness that requires people to be constantly thinking of new ways to do things faster or bigger or whatever it is you are trying to do and we want to encourage creativity and thinking outside the box." At first this was hard to come to terms with because it was not what I wanted to hear and it made my attempt seem like bad one when I felt like the style alone should make it a better one (yes I know, but I am a purist).
Now I've put together a FKT in my head and I am getting very excited about the prospects of how fast something could be done if style was removed from the equation. What is possible if only the goals are met? and what is the best way to go about it in this fashion? Which has led me here. I want to know and my model makes use of a faster way to get from one trail head to another. So getting back to the post I came across earlier I pose my questions to you:
First of all, is this actually a rule? And second how frowned upon is this for a "fully supported" trip/why is one engine worse than another?
