Grand Traverse Record Race

john mark 1 wrote: If someone were to ever beat that record, it's ganna have to be by only a few minutes. Incredible!

If you watch the progression of the El Cap Nose speed record, it has often gone in big jumps. The current record is something like 20 minutes ahead of the previous best, and that is a record of something like 2h23 (when people started taking it seriously it was around 8 hours - amazing for 30+ pitches of tough climbing). Ok - I doubt the GT will get the same interest as the Nose, but my point is that - as impressive as this record is - it still might get smashed much like these 2 did to the existing record.

One of my favourite quotes is by the California Governor in the 19th century when he said that the Half Dome at Yosemite was a special peak because we know for a fact that no human will ever set foot on its summit. He was proved wrong within a few years...

Record progression thus far:

105h39m (1999)
81h52m (2008) -23h47m
61h14m (2009) -20h38m
60h29m (2010) -00h45m
41h49m (2014) -18h40m

Something tells me we aren't going to see drops of close to 20 hours anymore!

Maybe we need to organize another DGT record race and invite the likes of Kilian Jornet!

Congrats guys, awesome achievement!!!

I see they made the front page of the Mercury today. Although it says they beat the record of 105h - good old reliable media...

Congrats, what an achievement!!

Here's a link to a gallery from their Traverse:
www.redbull.com/en/adventure/stories/1331641874284/go-running-with-ryan-sandes-the-dgt-photo-gallery

Viking wrote: The Witness newspaper report rekons that Red Bull specified the start and finish point and that the runners then determined their route. Hmmm!!
Great reporting as usual!!

The Witness once interviewed me about wargames. The reporter physically watched a game, yet wrote in the report that it is a game played on a computer...