Post by Peter Bakwin on Nov 4, 2009 18:08:24 GMT -5
Ben Thompson has claimed the FKT, 6h6m53s, September 12, 2017.
Kelsey Allen has the women's FKT, 7h12m55s, August 30, 2014.
As best I can tell, prior to Welts the FKT for the Pemi Loop was held by Alex Kahl, at "about 7h25m" in (August?) 2005. Charles Dona reported doing 7h26m31s in September 2008, which seems to be close enough to "about 7h25m" to be considered a tie.
While not the FKT, a detailed report (with splits) of a fast (8h14m14s) Pemi Loop by Kevin Tilton July 4, 2005, gives an idea of what is involved in running the Pemi.
"Is someone chasing you or are you doing this for fun?" -- Kevin Tilton
Men's Pemi Loop FKT progress:
Alex Kahl, about 7h25m, 2005
Charles Dona, 7h26m31s, Sept. 2008
Ryan Welts, 7h5m32s, Aug. 9, 2009
Ben Nephew & Kevin Tilton, 7h4m47s, Sept. 4, 2009
Jan Wellford, 6h47m4s, Sept. 8, 2010
Adam Wilcox, 6h46m10s, June 19, 2011
Ben Nephew, 6h27m48s, Sept. 11, 2011
Adam Wilcox, 6h14m34s, June 14, 2015
Ben Nephew, 6h10m7s, Aug. 8, 2015
As reported below, Kristina Folcik ran the Pemi in 9h3m15s on Aug. 27, 2011. Prior to this, the fastest women's time appears to have been by Sue Johnston, 9h15m. Folcik's time was bested less than a year later (June 16, 2012) by Larisa Dannis, who ran counter-clockwise in 7h40m52s, as reported below. A link to Dannis' detailed report is below. She gives splits as follows (based on pictures from her phone camera):
Start - 6:55:54am
Bondcliff Junction - 7:38:35am (0:42:41)
Bondcliff - 8:47:52am (1:51:58)
Bond - 9:10:23am (2:14:29)
Guyot - 9:29:37am (2:33:43)
South Twin - 10:01:09am (3:05:15)
Galehead Hut - 10:18:23am (3:22:29)
Lafayette - 12:26:57pm (5:31:03)
Liberty - 1:21:16pm (6:25:22)
Flume - 1:42:17pm (6:46:23)
Finish - 2:37:07 (7:41:13)
Three months later, Dannis reported (below) beating her own FKT by about 6 minutes, running 7h34m25s on Sept. 17, 2012. Kelsey Allen reported (below) setting a new women's FKT of 7h12m55s on August 30, 2014.
Kelsey Allen has the women's FKT, 7h12m55s, August 30, 2014.
The Pemigewasset Loop is a rugged 31-mile route in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It has become a popular backpacking route, as well as a tough 1-day challenge. This page has detailed information about the route. Ryan Welts launched a recent spate of FKT attempts on the Pemi by running the route in 7h05m32s on August 9, 2009. He had support on Mt. Lafayette and had made a food drop at Galehead Hut the day before. Slightly more information is available at this thread. Less than a month later, on September 4, 2009, Ben Nephew (9 time Escarpment Trail winner) and Kevin Tilton ran the Pemi in a new FKT of 7h04m47s, taking just 45 seconds off of Welts' record! Their report with splits is here. Jan Wellford beat Nephew & Tilton's time on September 8, 2010, running the loop in 6h47m04s. His report is here. Wellford provided some splits for the run below. Next, on June 19, 2011, Adam Wilcox did the Pemi in 6h46m10s, less than 1 minute faster than Wellford. Links to Wilcox's report and GPS track are below. On September 11, 2011, Ben Nephew cruised the Pemi in 6h27m48s. Nephew's report is on the Inov-8 team website, and a link to his gps track is below. This time stood as the FKT for nearly 4 years. Adam Wilcox reclaimed this hotly contested FKT on June 14, 2015, running the route in 6h14m34s, as reported below. His report is here. Wilcox said "After almost 4 years of trying, this one meant a lot to me." Not to be outdone, Nephew reclaimed the FKT from Wilcox less than 2 months later, running 6h10m7s on August 8, 2015, as reported below and detailed here. Finally, Ben Thompson has brought the FKT down by a few more minutes, running the loop in 6h6m53s on September 12, 2017, as reported below. |  |
As best I can tell, prior to Welts the FKT for the Pemi Loop was held by Alex Kahl, at "about 7h25m" in (August?) 2005. Charles Dona reported doing 7h26m31s in September 2008, which seems to be close enough to "about 7h25m" to be considered a tie.
While not the FKT, a detailed report (with splits) of a fast (8h14m14s) Pemi Loop by Kevin Tilton July 4, 2005, gives an idea of what is involved in running the Pemi.
"Is someone chasing you or are you doing this for fun?" -- Kevin Tilton
Men's Pemi Loop FKT progress:
Alex Kahl, about 7h25m, 2005
Charles Dona, 7h26m31s, Sept. 2008
Ryan Welts, 7h5m32s, Aug. 9, 2009
Ben Nephew & Kevin Tilton, 7h4m47s, Sept. 4, 2009
Jan Wellford, 6h47m4s, Sept. 8, 2010
Adam Wilcox, 6h46m10s, June 19, 2011
Ben Nephew, 6h27m48s, Sept. 11, 2011
Adam Wilcox, 6h14m34s, June 14, 2015
Ben Nephew, 6h10m7s, Aug. 8, 2015
As reported below, Kristina Folcik ran the Pemi in 9h3m15s on Aug. 27, 2011. Prior to this, the fastest women's time appears to have been by Sue Johnston, 9h15m. Folcik's time was bested less than a year later (June 16, 2012) by Larisa Dannis, who ran counter-clockwise in 7h40m52s, as reported below. A link to Dannis' detailed report is below. She gives splits as follows (based on pictures from her phone camera):
Start - 6:55:54am
Bondcliff Junction - 7:38:35am (0:42:41)
Bondcliff - 8:47:52am (1:51:58)
Bond - 9:10:23am (2:14:29)
Guyot - 9:29:37am (2:33:43)
South Twin - 10:01:09am (3:05:15)
Galehead Hut - 10:18:23am (3:22:29)
Lafayette - 12:26:57pm (5:31:03)
Liberty - 1:21:16pm (6:25:22)
Flume - 1:42:17pm (6:46:23)
Finish - 2:37:07 (7:41:13)
Three months later, Dannis reported (below) beating her own FKT by about 6 minutes, running 7h34m25s on Sept. 17, 2012. Kelsey Allen reported (below) setting a new women's FKT of 7h12m55s on August 30, 2014.
