Candice Burt on Finding the Right Distance For You - #191
The Moab 240 starts today! As intrepid athletes embark on their multi-day journeys across the desert, catch up with the race director herself Candice Burt. Candice not only founded the Moab 240, she h...
7 Okt 202239min
John Kelly on the Wainwrights 214 - #190
The Wainwrights 214 represents the 214 fells chronicalled in Alfred Wainwright’s seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Many British walkers aim to summit all 214 peaks in their lifetimes...
23 Sep 202232min
Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone with Alyssa Clark - #189
A fever forced Alyssa Clark to forgo her early April race, so a few weeks later she put her fitness to use and set an FKT on Mount Whitney instead. Alyssa didn’t just set any FKT, she went after the s...
9 Sep 202234min
The Art and Science of Short FKTs with Kyle Richardson - #188
Longer routes tend to get most of the love, but shorter FKTs can require just as much planning, practice, and persistence. In fact, dare we say shorter FKTs can be just as notable? Mountain athlete K...
26 Aug 202230min
Ella Bredthauer: Self-Supported Benton MacKaye Trail FKT - #187
April 28, 2022, 5:55 pm: Ella Bredthauer reached Springer Mountain, the terminus of the Benton MacKaye trail. Ella’s shuttle, which she had scheduled before setting off on the trail eight days before,...
12 Aug 202230min
Evading Death in Death Valley with Cameron Hummels - #186
Toxic water, wind storms, poisonous gas – Death Valley lives up to its name. Or at least that’s what Cameron Hummels learned while attempting the 160-mile Death Valley North to South Crossing in Febru...
29 Jul 202234min
How Art Brody Set the Unsupported AZT FKT - #185
Last fall, Art Brody set the unsupported record on the Arizona Trail. Yes, the unsupported record. This means he traversed over 800 miles of desert, mountains, and canyons with absolutely no outside h...
15 Jul 202231min
The Past, Present, and Future of FKTs with Joe “Stringbean” McConaughy - #184
It’s no secret that the FKT craze has skyrocketed over the past few years. What started as a niche concept relegated to the most quirky of already quirky mountaineers and thru-hikers has spread to eve...
1 Jul 202242min
