The Pacific Crest Trail not for the Faint Hearted
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read moreTough Year for Thru-Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail
Send us your news Friday, August 12, 2011Fewer hikers expected to finish Pacific Crest Trail this year By Dylan Silver dsilver@tahoedailytribune.com Share on Facebook Email Print Recommend (2) Copyright 2011 Tahoe Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. August, 12 2011 9:47 am Fewer hikers expected to finish Pacific Crest Trail this year Tahoe Daily Tribune ENLARGE Snow still covers a section of the Pacific Crest Trail near South Lake Tahoe in late June. Photo courtesy of...
read moreJennifer Pharr Davis (Odyssa) and Scott Williamson
Jennifer Pharr Davis broke the women’s record on the Appalachain Trail in 2008. It took her 57 days. This year (The 2011 hiking season) she smashed the men’s record as well, taking on ly 46 days and 11 hours. Unbelievable. Scott Williamson broke the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) record in 2009. UNSUPPORTED, he did it in 65 days. Olympian-like feat as those of us who have hiked the PCT know. Who could break their records? Objectively, the only person who could break Davis’ (Odyssa’s) AT record is Scott Williamson. Likewise,...
read moreSkywalker Appalachian Trail and Pacifric Crest Trail Books in Top One Percent
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read more2011 Deadly Year in Yosemite
2011 is shaping up to be the deadliest year in Yosemite in recent memory. A San Ramon woman who fell to her death Sunday from Half Dome was the 14th person to die in the national park this year. Haley LaFlamme, 26, was descending the dome’s rain-soaked granite face using mounted cables around noon Sunday when she slipped and fell 600 feet. Yosemite typically sees five or six deaths by the end of July and 12 to 15 by the year’s end, said Kari Cobb, a spokeswoman for the park. Interactive: Yosemite’s four seasons An influx of...
read moreTall Tales by Skywalker
No shortage of tall talesEd Grisamore – gris@macon.com Sign up for daily e-mail news alerts ——————————————————————————– E-Mail Print Reprint|license Text Size: tool nameclose tool goes here Bill Walker knows what it’s like to be the tallest guy in the room. At 6-foot-11, hovering around the ceiling brings its natural instincts. He is accustomed to stooping through every...
read moreEl Camino de Santiago Planning Tips for American Pilgrims
The first biq question an American pilgrim has is how to get to the Camino. The Camino Frances, which is the main route of El Camino de Santiago, begins at St. Jean’s Pied de Port in the very southern part of France. Most Americans choose to fly to either Madrid or Barcelona, and take the bus or train from there to Pamplona. In the high summer months, there is a bus that leaves each day from Pamplona at 2 in the afternoon and arrives at St. Jean’s Pied de Port at 4:00. That is a good option. However, some American pilgrims choose...
read moreJennifer Pharr Davis Breaks Men’s Record on Appalachian Trail
Jennifer Pharr Davis Breaks Overall Speed Record on the Appalachian TrailThe fastest AT thru-hiker on record finishes the 2,181-mile trail 26 hours and 11 minutes ahead of the previous record07.31.2011– Asheville, NC—Jennifer Pharr Davis is the fastest person ever to thru-hike the famed Appalachian Trail. Davis claimed the overall speed record this afternoon, July 31, 2011 at 3:26 pm Eastern time, setting a new record of 46 days 11 hours and 20 minutes. She arrived at the trail terminus at Springer Mountain, Georgia to a crowd of cheering...
read moreEl Camino de Santiago 2011
Even though it was not a holy year, The Camino had another great year. Pilgrims from around the world traversed the European continent on the way to Santiago de Compostela. The Camino, of course, is one of the three great Christian pilgrimages (the other two to Jerusalem and Rome). The Germans were probably best represented of all the nationalities. This is because of the popular book on the Camino by famous comedian, Hape Kerkeling. The French and Spanish were next, followed by Italians. Curiously, the British were not there in great numbers....
read moreHiker Breaks Record on Appalachian Trail
Hiker Breaks Record on Appalachian Trail By KEITH MULVIHILL Published: August 1, 2011 Recommend Twitter Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints Share CloseLinkedinDiggMySpacePermalink Jennifer Pharr Davis hiked the roughly 2,180 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 46 days 11 hours 20 minutes, breaking the record of 47 days 13 hours 31 minutes held by Andrew Thompson since 2005. Pharr Davis set out from Mount Katahdin in Maine on June 15 and reached the top of Springer Mountain in Georgia at 3:26 p.m. Sunday. Pharr Davis rose at 2:45 a.m. the past two...
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