Category Archives: Trail Updates

START:   Burningtown Gap     2:22am FINISH: GSNP boundary   6:30pm Miles for day:   43.1 miles     Time elapsed: 16:08     2.7mph Total miles for first three days: 167.2 miles  55.7 mpd average Only second nobo to reach Fontana Dam in three days from Springer Sam Swisher-McClure (19 y.o. record attemptor in 1998 was the only otherContinue reading “Third day 7/9/20”

START: Dicks Creek Gap   2:28am FINISH: Burningtown Gap   8:35pm 54.8 miles  in 18:07       3.0 mph 2-day total miles – 124 miles    62 mpd Longest two-day start of any northbound record attempt + 18.3 miles on Karel      +7.9 miles on Jennifer Support crew: Jupiter & David Horton (two 70-somethings having anContinue reading “Second day W 7/8/20”

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);Continue reading “First day – T 7/7/20”

Hello Mercury followers! I’m Jupiter (maybe because I’m big and old). Real name is Warren Doyle (www.warrendoyle.com) and I have a positive addiction to supporting ‘travelers on the way to becoming’, especially when it comes to AT endurance record attempts After a year-long prep period, Mercury is ready to flow northward towards Katahdin. It isContinue reading “Jupiter here for Mercury AT Transit support”

On July 7th, I’m beginning a thru-hike of the entire Appalachian Trail, 2,193 miles from Georgia to Maine, in an attempt to set an endurance record, or FKT (fastest known time). Hiking the AT has been a dream in the making for a long time, and I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity toContinue reading “Official Announcement”