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    Ralph Burgess
    BPL Member

    @ralphbge

    Off trail, over mountains: only with Leor would you say “38 miles to go, so he should finish by tonight”!

    The SHR is on-trail now down to Tuolumne, which I expect he will run at a good pace if he’s feeling good.    But from the Gaylor Lakes, there are >20 miles off-trail, until the last couple of miles.   I think if he gets over Horse Creek Pass at 6 miles to go by dusk, he should be able to follow the drainage down, even if slowly by flashlight.   Obviously he will be keen to get there by tonight – it would be frustrating to have to wait until daylight just to do the last few miles.

    Should be an exciting finish.   I’ll be online today, I will try to update, although his SPOT signal was flakey yesterday.

    169  Tioga Rd
    174  Mine Shaft Pass
    181  Sky Pilot Col (Shepherd Crest)
    189  Horse Creek Pass
    195  Finish

     

     

    #3419375
    Allen C
    BPL Member

    @acurrano

    From Erica on Leor’s Facebook page:

    “He sent a text from Tuolumne meadows ~7:30am. He’ll try to hit the custom message a few times today since now he knows SPOT is being spotty.”

    So, 26 miles to go as of 7:30am. He is truly world class, but to me the most impressive part of this is that I’m pretty sure he could go even faster if he had to. He is going to break the FKT by a huge margin, while not moving for about 10 hours each night.

    #3419390
    Ralph Burgess
    BPL Member

    @ralphbge

    He just pinged from Gaylor Lakes just beyond Tuolumne at 9am.  So he’s leaving the trail,  about 23 miles to go, 11.5 hours of daylight.   Looking good to finish this evening.

    #3419411
    Allen C
    BPL Member

    @acurrano

    Past Conness at noon!

    #3419415
    Ralph Burgess
    BPL Member

    @ralphbge

    17 miles to go, 8.5 hours of daylight.

    #3419524
    Ralph Burgess
    BPL Member

    @ralphbge

    At 6pm Leor was approaching Horse Creek Pass, about 7 miles to go.  2.5 hours of daylight.   The last 6 miles are downhill, and the last few pick up a trail.  He’s looking certain to finish this evening now.

    #3419535
    Allen C
    BPL Member

    @acurrano

    8:05 PM HE’S DONE!!!!!!!!
    NEW FKT in the books!

    #3419607
    Mike M
    BPL Member

    @mtwarden

    Locale: Montana

    Wow!  Quite impressive considering the rather extreme off trail terrain, the limited night travel and the not so easy navigation- congrats Sir!

    #3420297
    Adam White
    BPL Member

    @awhite4777

    Locale: On the switchbacks

    Boy, I’m late to this party… Leor posted a TR yesterday (https://pantilat.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/sierra-high-route/), and I wanted to come here to post it. I should’ve known this bunch was spectating all along!

    Outstanding and incredible. I’ve been putzing around on the SHR this year. 4d 16h 45m is herculean. Hats off to Leor!

    #3424343
    Laura R
    BPL Member

    @laura-r

    I’m even later to the game.  To me, what’s even more impressive than the feat itself is the (credible) sense his trip report gives that the point was to experience the full aesthetic force of places he was passing, swiftly, through.  (On the other hand, if he was pursuing the sublime, why did he contrive to extract himself just as the Perseid meteor shower was taking it to 11 . . .? )

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