START: Springer Mt. at midnight
FINISH: Dicks Creek Gap (US 76) at 9:14pm
69.2 miles in 21 hours 14 minutes
3.26 mph
+16.6 miles on Karel Sabbe (overall record; supported)
+13.2 miles on Jennifer Pharr Davis (women’s record; supported)
Wet trail; not too humid; longest first day ever for an AT endurance record attempt (nobo); 13 support crew meetings (David Horton; Warren Doyle)
Blister on one toe; sore feet and legs.
