Sharp and boisterous, the San Juans of Colorado seem to challenge the elements as much they do endeavoring mortals. Wandering among these young and defiant mountains a couple weeks ago has whetted an appetite within me for the “wild and tough.”Back here in the weathered Appalachians, there’s a certain traverse over tyrannical terrain that rivals what Hardrockers endure. SCAR stands for the (unofficial) Smokies Challenge Adventure Run. And it has received lots of attention lately.
A year ago, Adam Hill and Charlie Roberts traversed the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in under 20 hours with Adam going sub-18. Last month Will Harlan tied Bob Adams for the all-time fastest known time of 16:53. To my knowledge, all of these records are in the southbound direction. My 2003 PR is actually in the northbound direction with Scott Brockmeier in just under 24 hours.
Lily and I are headed to the Smokies this weekend with a few other intrepid souls. She’ll be finishing up her southbound thru-hike while I seek to improve my six-year-old record at this classic challenge, northbound...
Stay tuned.
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I've been trying to find someone to do this with me for a while, but Charlie has said he's done!
It is my next section on the AT for sectional thru-hiking, but I thought it would be fun to fastpack/adventure run it... I would be shooting for 24 hrs going north bound.
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