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JQDivide wrote:I'm guessing there are few to no naps during the Nolan's 14???
They look like they are doing great and will make the 60 hrs.
Very little sleeping for most, I believe they slept for 45-60min last night, that's been the average for the past few finishers.
If they keep moving strong they can do it. Gavin and Brandon took 1:32 from Shav to the TH, I took 1:23 to the TH, both of those are pretty quick times and running on tired legs.
Go go go, you can do it!!!! As both a very mediocre ultradistance runner and a very mediocre mountain climber, and an absolutely terrible route finder, I am astonished by people who can do this. If I was to ever give Nolan's a go I would be thrilled to summit 6-7 mountains in the 60 hours.
Sean Nunn
Raytown MO
"Thy righteousness is like the great mountains."
Psalm 36:6
They summitted Shavano at 4:16 pm, so I guess they made it. Unfortunately trackleaders stopped logging them at that point.
Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall — it's great when you stop. -- Chris Darwin
I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now. -- Forrest Gump
"Eric Robinson: As set forth by Fred Vance, the originator, finish time is from trailhead to trailhead. If you didn't finish the whole course, then your time is from trailhead to your last peak."
This makes the most sense & seems authoritative, coming from Fred via Eric R. M&A had 2:05 to make it down & I'm sure they did. But, this also means that Andrew really did fail to complete Nolan's, as he himself said above. If so then in fact no one has completed it unsupported. My money's on Justiner!
Also note the the precedent is not on their side in this case.
If you look at the detailed 2001 results ON MATT'S SITE, both John Robinson and Jim Nelson are listed as finishing AFTER the 60h cutoff, because they summitted but did not reach the TH in under 60h. So to change the rules just for Missy/Anna would be a disservice to history and these other gentlemen. They had an amazing run, summited all 14 peaks in less than 60h.
pbakwin wrote:"Eric Robinson: As set forth by Fred Vance, the originator, finish time is from trailhead to trailhead. If you didn't finish the whole course, then your time is from trailhead to your last peak."
This makes the most sense & seems authoritative, coming from Fred via Eric R. M&A had 2:05 to make it down & I'm sure they did. But, this also means that Andrew really did fail to complete Nolan's, as he himself said above. If so then in fact no one has completed it unsupported. My money's on Justiner!
This brings up an interesting conundrum: assuming Andrew did eventually come down to the trailhead (which I think is a safe assumption), he would still have the FKT unsupported for this particular route, correct Mr. Bakwin? Even if it was over 60 hours.
Sean Nunn
Raytown MO
"Thy righteousness is like the great mountains."
Psalm 36:6
Highly unlikely. The last I heard from a friend that via text they were headed down at 5:05pm from the summit. 55min from summit to TH, while possible, is extraordinarily fast on tired legs. Before celebrating they had 2h to make it down.
So, I guess what we need is the summit finish time and the TH finish time...sounds like they are reporting a 57:55 Shavano summit finish noted by previous poster...and now we need the Blank Cabin or Trailhead official Finish Time...Fingers crossed for the ladies to get to Blank Cabin under 60 and big congrats to them for the Shavano summit finish!
