Appalachian Trail

[Peter Bakwin]

It's a good point about the SPOT. Also, you might not want provide a public link to the track just for your own safety. But, if you want to have it send a DAILY location fix to me I'd be happy to keep track of that info. PM me here & I'll provide an email address to enter into the SPOT. Then you can just activate the SPOT each night when you stop to camp. This would provide a good means of verification for your trip.

[hughmac4]

Good luck!

[plant]

Yes, good luck!

[grit]

Anyone aware of the FKT for a 17 year old female solo thru hike on AT?

[mountaintrotter]

I formally state my intentions here–as per the protocol established on the main page of this site–that I will be attempting to set a self-supported FKT on the Appalachian Trail beginning in mid/late July. I repost Heather "Anish" Anderson's message from July 30, 2015 below as a method of establishing the norms I intend to follow in the attempt. I hold Anish and all AT hikers who have gone before in high esteem, respect, and regard. My progress may be seen at: www.facebook.com/mountaintrotterkalak , which should not be viewed as invitation to join, help, or find me.

Christopher A. Miller

Jul 30, 2015 8:55:06 GMT -5 anishnabe said:

I formally state my intentions here–as per the protocol established on the main page of this site–that I will be attempting to set a self-supported FKT on the Appalachian Trail beginning in early August.
I have immense respect for the long line of people who have traveled this well-established and historical path in a quest to find their personal limits. In keeping with protocols established by them, and by myself on previous endeavors, I will travel in a self-supported manner.
This means:
Arranging for no pre-planned outside support at any time, and only accepting truly random acts of kindness (trail magic) that come my way.
I will carry all of my own gear and supplies at all times (no "slackpacking" or "muling").
I will walk into and out of resupply locations where I will purchase food and/or collect supply boxes that I have sent to myself.
I will follow the Appalachian Trail and official relocations only (such as the detour around Falls Village, CT), no blue blaze or alternate routes.
When I leave the trail for resupply purposes, I will rejoin the trail at the same location I left, leaving a continuous line of footprints the entire distance.
Never accepting a ride in a vehicle for any reason.
As always, I will respect the wilderness landscape, the lives that dwell therein, other trail users, and the generations of users that will follow by practicing Leave No Trace Ethics.
Per the main page suggestions I will provide a way for the public to follow along with my progress at facebook.com/AnishHikes. Please understand that the posts made there are in NO WAY an invitation for anyone to attempt to help me, find me, join me, or otherwise take away from the nature of a thru-hiker's journey. They are intended to document only, as suggested by this site. I will carry a SPOT beacon, although for safety, its logs will not be publicly available in real time.

I hope in my endeavor to not only bring parity to the male and female self-supported records, but if possible lower it overall. These records are currently held by Mr. Kirk and Miss Thomas, both of whom I hold in very high esteem.

This is my second journey through these ancient mountains and I look forward once again to the joy, struggle, challenge, and beauty of a 2,000+ mi hike undertaken in pursuit of finding and expanding my personal limits.

Heather "Anish" Anderson

[plant]

Anybody heard wow she's doing?

[ajw]

Does anyone know the FKT on the AT through Shenandoah National Park?

[hughmac4]

Aug 4, 2016 16:36:09 GMT -5 plant said:

Anybody heard wow she's doing?

Looks like she dropped:

www.wheredidcindyjogo.com/?p=81

But no details yet. Sorry to hear that, but looking forward to the details!

[kaihat]

I turned around after finishing my 2016 northbound thru hike at 10:22 am and started my race for the self supported record. I've documented my journey and am now only 23 days later in PA. I was told to post here, so that's what I'm doing.

www.hikeforourlives.org will give anyone who would like to know more the full story.

Kind regards,

Kaiha "Wild Card Ninja" Bertollini

[jukebox]

(Adapted from Anish's AT FKT attempt statement)
I formally state my intentions here–as per the protocol established on the main page of this site–that I will be attempting to set a self-supported Southbound FKT on the Appalachian Trail starting September 9, 2016.
I have immense respect for the long line of people who have traveled this well-established and historical path in a quest to find their personal limits. In keeping with protocols established by them, and by myself on previous endeavors, I will travel in a self-supported manner.
This means:
Arranging for no pre-planned outside support at any time, and only accepting truly random acts of kindness (trail magic) that come my way.
I will carry all of my own gear and supplies at all times (no "slackpacking" or "muling").
I will walk into and out of resupply locations where I will purchase food and/or collect supply boxes that I have sent to myself.
I will follow the Appalachian Trail and official relocations only - no blue blaze or alternate routes.
When I leave the trail for resupply purposes, I will rejoin the trail at the same location I left, leaving a continuous line of footprints the entire distance.
Never accepting a ride in a vehicle for any reason.
As always, I will respect the wilderness landscape, the lives that dwell therein, other trail users, and the generations of users that will follow by practicing Leave No Trace Ethics.
Per the main page suggestions I will provide a way for the public to follow along with my progress at www.facebook.com/Jukebox-Hikes-634860996696359/. Please understand that the posts made there are in NO WAY an invitation for anyone to attempt to help me, find me, join me, or otherwise take away from the nature of a thru-hiker's journey. They are intended to document only, as suggested by this site.

This is my third summer spent on this lovely trail, and I hope that I will be able to accomplish my goal of pushing past both my own and previously assumed limits of the human body. I am hoping to finish the trail in under 50 days, but my day-to-day goal will be to simply go as far as I physically can. I am infinitely appreciative of those who have come before me and inspired me to undertake this adventure.

Happy Trails,

Mitch "Jukebox" Mitchell

[hughmac4]

Best of luck, and Happy Trails! I look forward to following along with you on your adventure.

[Aaron Sorensen]

Just saw this today.
Looks like Kaiha Bertollini just did an AT yo-yo.
Besting Anishes time going NOBO.
And now claiming to have bested Karl's time on the return.
45 days 6 hours.

www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/120840-Kaiha-Bertollini-Real-FKT?s=986f12ce9bf14e4c359dd201ac25adda

www.facebook.com/kaihab?pnref=story

[AT Fan]

Sept 19, 2016 20:42:54 GMT -5 Aaron Sorensen said:

Just saw this today.
Looks like Kaiha Bertollini just did an AT yo-yo.
Besting Anishes time going NOBO.
And now claiming to have bested Karl's time on the return.
45 days 6 hours.

www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/120840-Kaiha-Bertollini-Real-FKT?s=986f12ce9bf14e4c359dd201ac25adda

www.facebook.com/kaihab?pnref=story

I'm not sure where the information that she broke Heather's time going NOBO is from. I haven't seen any reports on that.

At this time there is no convincing evidence or documentation to support the 45 day SOBO claim.

[Clint Cummins]

For Kaiha Bertollini's southbound FKT claim,
these are the waypoints claimed and/or witnessed/posted so far on various web sources.
Nothing shown here seems impossible, but it would help to fill in more of the gaps, and strengthen some of the claimed points.

Updated 9/20 7:40pm, with the waypoints firecracker compiled in his post below.
Several rows in the table have photos posted to facebook, but do not appear on the graph (they appear as "gaps" in the blue line).
Need timestamps or distances to add them to the graph.

[Peter Bakwin]

Good info Clint. If what you post is correct she did 634 miles in the final 9 days, i.e., 70mpd! I would invite her to submit a detailed trip report with daily mileages, etc., and time stamped photos. I'd be happy to look at whatever documentation she wants to provide & report my findings to this community. This is somewhat similar to the situation we had with Brett Maune on the JMT some years ago. He submitted video & photo material & a TR, which I carefully evaluated. As everyone knows by now, his claims were true. Kaiha, pm me if you want to communicate about this.