In 2005, Andrew Thompson completed the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail in 47 days, 13 hours and 31 minutes. Jennifer Pharr Davis might have broken it today: According to an update from her blog, reported by BlueRidgeNow.com (the Hendersonville Times-News, Davis just completed the course in 46 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes.
BREAKING: AFTER 46 DAYS, 11 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES DAVIS FINISHED THE 2,181 MILE APPALACHIAN TRAIL. SHE REACHED THE END AT 3:26 P.M. TODAY, ACCORDING TO HER BLOG. SHE BEAT THE OVERALL RECORD OF 47 DAYS SET IN 2005.
HOT SPRINGS - Under blue skies and humid temperatures, Jennifer Pharr Davis, 28, hiked into the small town of Hot Springs around noon Tuesday. She was greeted with cheers and shouts of “rock star” from a small contingent of friends who came up from Asheville to see her.
She acknowledged the greetings but kept up her powerful stride through town, along sidewalks marked with “AT” for Appalachian Trail. At the edge of town, before the trail again weaved back into the trees and up a hill, she stopped for 15 minutes, gulping down slightly melted Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream and chicken tenders and french fries from a local restaurant. ...Read the full articleSubscribe to XpressMail. Free Sneak Peek. Every Week.
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2,181 MILES! That's Pharr!
By brebro
08/01/2011
Wow!
That's maintaining an average of 1.955 miles per hour for the whole hike, or 46.93 miles per day for the whole hike. Most people couldn't do that on level ground, let alone come down from Maine to Georgia.
I bet no one could do that going from south to north. That last stretch going up Baxter Peak in Maine would kill a person doing it for speed.
By Thunder Pig
08/01/2011
Why? Because northbound is uphill?
Good for her, SOBO no less!
By Bojangles
08/01/2011
No, because that last hike up Baxter Peak is the toughest on the trail. Read my last paragraph again.
By Thunder Pig
08/01/2011
Jennifer Pharr Davis should have been on the cover of Mountain Xpress, not just on Blogwire. She's been interviewed all over the country -she is a star and she lives in Asheville.
She's the fastest person in the U.S. right now.
By Danny
08/14/2011