So I dropper my friend Michael Popov off at the Portal on Wednesday.
While I was heading out of the parking there were 2 people hitching a ride down to Lone Pine.
They had just completed the JMT and said that morning they meant a runner on the trail that said he was going for the record.
They didn't catch a name but they said he was going for a 3 1/2 day time, (84 hours).
They also said he was in his mid to late 20's so I think it would rule out Mark Davis for his Unsupported trip???
He was also going to start Sunday night, but may have started Wednesday??
So does anybody know the deal of what’s going on with this?
It’s kind of a crappy thing to do, not telling anyone anything, so that Michael will not know if the record is broken or if it is, what the new time to beat would be.
You never know if Michael breaks the record by lets say 2 hours and then gets an email stating that that is not the record because he did it 15 minutes faster.
It is pretty much know that is someone is going to go for a trail record, that they put the word out or at least let others know the time from the hike.
Any insight on this would be great…
Thank you
