Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Record Broken
Scott Jurek is an ultramarathoner who recently finished this trek in just 46 days, 8 hours, and 7 minutes.
On Sunday, at 2:03 p.m., Jurek reached the top of Mount Katahdin in Maine, which made him the fastest person to have ever completed the supported thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. The previous record for this 2,189 mile journey was just 3 hours longer than Jurek’s time.
He began at Springer Mountain in Georgia, the southern terminus of the trail, at 5:56 a.m. on May 27. He traveled just less than 50 miles every day, crossed 14 states, and covered 515,000 …