Dan “Knotts” Binde Claims a New Self-Supported Appalachian Trail Record

Time would beat file by Eight hours, but malfunctioning SPOT impeding confirmation.

There’s a brand unusual claimant to the Appalachian Path’s self-supported throne. Dan “Knotts” Binde, 25, says he broke the self-supported flee file on the Appalachian Path on July nineteenth right kind sooner than 2 p.m. On the opposite hand, the file’s gatekeepers acquire been slack to direct his sage, since a scandalous SPOT draw left him without outmoded documentation for merely about 1,000 miles.

Averaging a bit over Forty miles a day, Binde summited Katahdin after fifty three days, 22 hours and 57 minutes. His time would put him about Eight hours ahead of Heather “Anish” Anderson’s earlier file.

Compounding matters, the requirements of formally claiming a FKT are hazy, which makes legit recognition appealing to present.

With GPS files lacking, a assortment of witnesses acquire approach forward to evaluate his timeline. Binde posted a form of “are residing updates” on social media while mountain climbing as well, in an try and make up for a lack of GPS coordinates.

On-line message boards that video display FKTs seem to prefer Binde’s claimed file. 

While racing the clock, Knotts carried a $20 Walmart backpack, a $5 Walmart fleece blanket, and minute else. At its heaviest, his total imperfect weight become about 5.5 lbs. When he ditched his malfunctioning electronics, that quantity slipped even decrease.

Knotts hit the floor running on May per chance well 26, when he hiked over 60 miles in 24 hours. From then on, he averaged about 6 hours of sleep a evening, mountain climbing the comfort of the day.

With well over 12,000 miles below his toes, Binde is not very any amateur by the use of by-mountain climbing. And his move isn’t over but: He’s well on his draw to finishing the calendar One year triple crown. Earlier than stepping foot on the Appalachian Path, Binde hiked sections of every the Continental Divide Path and the Pacific Crest Path.

With fewer than 1,850 miles left to perform on the Pacific Crest Path and about 2,000 miles on the Continental Divide Path, he hopes to raise his yarn One year to an pause in December.    

Originally posted 2018-02-16 23:26:14.