14ers Thru Hike attempt started today

[jdawud]

Marc Strawser is attempting a 14ers thru hike starting today at Culebra. He has already sumitted. I've talked with him a bit, offering some beta and route advice. I wish him well!

[Kiefer]

My memory is a bit fuzzy on this but was Marc attempting to hike the peaks (most of them anyway) along the crest of the Culebra Range or is he actually planing/attempting ALL the states 14ers? If the later, seems very late to undertake such an ambitious goal.
Godspeed Marc!!! THIS would be quite the feat.

[JQDivide]

By thru hike, do you mean walking the entire distance to the 58 peaks?

Good luck and Be safe.
JQ

[jdawud]

He is attempting a modified version of the route Luke DeMuth and I did in 2013. He'll be ending on Pikes rather than Longs but the first half of his trip will be pretty close to ours. The goal is all 58 peaks with all forward travel on the route done on foot.

[Wilderness_hike]

Does he have a blog or a webpage where he will be posting updates?

[nsaladin]

Does he have a blog or a webpage where he will be posting updates?

Not sure about personal website, but I believe he is doing this for the More Than Just Me Foundation.

[adamjm]

Is there a known FKT for this currently?

[Wilderness_hike]

My memory is a bit fuzzy on this but was Marc attempting to hike the peaks (most of them anyway) along the crest of the Culebra Range or is he actually planing/attempting ALL the states 14ers? If the later, seems very late to undertake such an ambitious goal.
Godspeed Marc!!! THIS would be quite the feat.

When Junaid and Luke did it they didn't start until July 20, and they didn't have all the late season snow to deal with.

[justiner]

Whoa ho ho ho! Nice one Mark! Chapeau!

[jdawud]

He's carrying an in Reach but the tracking does not seem to be working. I've only seen his updates on Facebook where the parking lot message posted but I didn't see a summit one, only a photo and video. I'll post the page when he's got it up and running.

He's working with More Than Just Mountains raising money for pediatric cancer. http://www.mtjm.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The current FKT is held by myself and Luke DeMuth. We set it in 2013 at 72 days. To my knowledge only two others have completed a similar trip: Mike Whitehurst and Patrick Renworth did the then-standard 54 peaks over four months in 1985 and also raised money for a charity. (EDIT: The thread about our trip- http://14ers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38324" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )

[fahixson]

The goal is all 58 peaks with all forward travel on the route done on foot.

Does this mean he can ride in a car as long as it's in reverse?

Good luck Marc!

[Sean Nunn]

The goal is all 58 peaks with all forward travel on the route done on foot.

Does this mean he can ride in a car as long as it's in reverse?

Good luck Marc!

Hahahaha; not 100% sure but I would guess it means that someone could pick him up, drive him to a store to resupply, then return him to where they picked him up????

Regardless, this is an amazing attempt, and I wish him the very best on it.
If anyone has a link to the charity website, please post it on this thread to help him raise the money he is hoping to.

Sean Nunn
Raytown MO