The highest compliment I can pay to the recently released Pacific Crest Trail documentary, Tell it on the Mountain, is that it ruined my life. What? Well, okay. It may not have ruined my whole life, but it sure has clouded my intermediate term future. I had already done the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), followed by Europe’s most popular footpath, the Camino de Santiago, and the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. So I had...

He is a bit of a mythical figure in the long-distance hiking community. Here, finally, is the real story of Scott Williamson. Related: WatchdogOutdoors » Hiker sets speed record on Pacific Crest Trail Comments (25)Share:Twitter Facebook Email Print Save With former John Muir Trail speed record holder Reinhold Metzger looking on, long-distance hiker Scott Williamson, 39, of Truckee, signs in at the southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail...

Runner Takes On Record-Breaking Mission For Mom by Dave Iverson September 17, 2011 Good interview on NPR about former Yale runner, Sam Fox, trying to break the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) speed record. He plans to try to run the trail in a total of 60 days or less, which means an average of 44 days. Wow. That would take 5 days off Scott Williamson’s blazing pace of 2009. Sam’s mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease ten...