New Hampshire 4000 footers (NH)

[adamiata]

Oct 7, 2014 20:08:40 GMT -5 Brian Vitiello said:

Since Presi is sub 5, I'm sure someone can take this owls head move... If you want to go to owls head

www.movescount.com/moves/move36223857

Nicely done, Brian.

I've done it in 3:50:19: www.strava.com/activities/107556047 I think Ryan Welts has gone significantly faster with good winter conditions.

[kyle]

I ran the Tom/Field/Willey range in 2:22:23 on 6/12/15. Route was up Avalon, Willey Range trail to Willey, back to Tom, then AZ/Avalon.  Strava: www.strava.com/activities/324006283   I'm sure someone else can easily shatter this!

[kyle]

I'm posting what I believe is the 2nd fastest time for Tecumseh (from ski area). 1:00:32. I was ahead of Adam's pace both up and down, but stupidly thought I was behind after summitting and didn't think I could close the non-existent gap... so I foolishly took summit photos and took my time before running back down. Never again! www.strava.com/activities/328963347/segments/7784986874

[Dan The Man]

Is the current FKT for the Willey Range still 2:22:23? I'm making my attempt tomorrow (7/23/15).

[Ryan Webster]

Does anyone know the speed record for completing the NH 48 4000 footers without car support, all on foot, in one push?

[allezkmiec]

It's literally in bold print at the top of the very first post in this thread. I shall quote: "Arlette Laan thru-hiked the 4000ers completely unsupported in 11d14h, September 2014."

[Ryan Webster]

Haha Thanks! Should have seen that. Announcing my intent to attempt this record on August 10-15 (5 Days)

[A & A]

Starting at York Pond Trail on Saturday August 29, 2015 at 5:20 am we (Ariel & Anna Feindel) thru hiked all 48 4ks in NH unsupported, no resupply, entirely on foot. We finished on the summit of Moosilauke on Sunday September 6, 2015 at 1:57 pm for a total time of 8 days, 8 hours, and 37 minutes. Our numbers for the trip were 247 miles and 82,639’ elevation gain.

[Arlette Laan]

Did you guys record a trailhead to trailhead time to compare with Mats and mine? And congrats again. So cool! And so fast!!! ?

[arlette]

(I didn't mean to put those all those question marks there).
Congrats again Anna and Ariel!

[John]

Does anyone know if there is a record for completely all 67 4kers in NE?

[sarge]

I would like to announce that my friend Chris and I will be attempting to break the FKT for an "unsupported" thru hike of the 4000 footers.  Unsupported is in quotations because there are two of us and we'll be making use of facilities at front country campgrounds.  However, it will be all on foot and no gear caches.  We plan to finish in under 8 days.  We will start tomorrow (Sunday, May 15th) at Moosilauke and work our way toward Cabot (hopefully Sunday, May 22nd).  Trail conditions are less than ideal right now (to say the least) so please wish us luck!  Our intended itinerary is available here

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aGmIpGab7QyAVHxZ5L3LAkgcw9uGCHu6gf0pOk84f1E/edit?usp=sharing

if you would like to check in on us ;-)

We will have a GPS with us so we can post the track when we're done, but no real time data (sorry).

With the combination of trail conditions and the weather forecast we're looking at some quality extended type II fun!

Hope to see you out there!  And thanks to all those who came before for the sweet idea to link all this rugged terrain in one go!

[sarge]

Chris and I had a great first day tagging Moosilauke, South Kinsman, North Kinsman, and Cannon. Despite LOTS of standing water, ice, slush, wind, snow, and 30 pound packs, we made the 26.5 mile hike with 8500 feet of elevation gain and felt spry in the morning. Unfortunately, the weather forecast we were working from was no longer accurate. We were prepared for .5 inches of snow and 40 mph winds on Franconia, but we awoke to an inch of snow around our tarp at Lafayette campground and howling from the winds aloft. We called for a weather forecast and learned that winds up to 100 mph were expected. We decided that the risk of injury moving fast over slushy rocks with strong winds and cold temperatures was too great and we decided to bail. We botched the weather window... Sad, but it happens.

We are very excited about how well our training and the first day went as this was our first foray into fast packing. We hope to be able to give this another try at a more appropriate time of year. However, we must be satisfied with making our best effort with the time we have available.

[A&A]

Direttissima from A&A
It took 8 months, but we completed our journal and added a couple of photos for people to check out if they would like.
www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?57811-Direttissima-Completion-8-29-9-6-2015-Journal

[kyle]

I think I may have set an FKT on South Kinsman via Fishin' Jimmy. 2:28:09.
www.strava.com/activities/621929131/segments/15181652957 Not a route that anyone really runs for FKTs, but hey, I'll take the small victories!