[Cascade Hiker Podcast]

Not something I could you... How about you? This is an interview with a trail runner that did the The PCT Section J in three days, The Wonderland Trail in two days and Glacier Peak in one day! He tells listeners the life of a trail runner on and off the trail. I also ask questions from hikers, and questions that some people ask in criticism to trail runners (i.e. Do you even see the views?) http://northcascadehiker.com/cascade-hiker-podcast/049

[christensent]

I ran into two people in the morning cruising up Baker on a one day climb, talked to them and they did Glacier peak the day before car to car. Now that is some hyper-efficient utilization of a weekend! Amazing what people can be capable of with enough training. I wish I were that dedicated (after all, that's really the limitation for most of us, I'm just too lazy).

[Brushbuffalo]

[Osguthoj]

Got To tip your hat to those people.

[Chief Joseph]

Just Some Hiker dude could probably do it in about 6 hours. I could maybe do it in 6 days.

[Michael Lewis]

I think I'll give this a listen this June when I try GP in a day :P

[Kascadia]

I think I "may" be the first woman to go car to car in a day on Mt. Olympus in 1990 or so. No special training, just climbing fit. We wore boots and were carrying rope/harnesses/etc.(albeit not much of a rack!), none of this sissy trail running stuff. How else are you going to justify eating an entire chocolate pie in Pt. Townsend? That became the method of choice for most climbs - inspired by the amazing Peter Croft. We weren't running, but we definitely saw the views and experienced great joys - and a blister or two. . . .

[Distel32]

Cascade Hiker Podcast, A locally-focused podcast is a very cool concept. I hope it works out for you and that you can continue to get interesting folks on the show. I think, however, you'd be surprised how many people are doing cool/fast/long endurance trips in the mountains, maybe with a lower social media presence. Trips done in Washington by people like Leor Pantilat, Sean O'Rourke, Richard Kresser, Gavin Woody, Ben Mayberry, etc etc etc, don't even touch the tip of the iceberg of how many people are out every weekend doing impressive feats. There always is someone out there doing something bigger, faster, more remote .

[Brushbuffalo]

[joker]

Yeah, the three guys we saw at around 7AM as we geared up at the base of the snow dome on Olympus are another good example. They'd started from their car at around 3:30AM, and I talked with one of them a year later at a party and he said they'd taken something like 13-14 hours car-to-car (we took 7 nights/8 days but we were on a very different program!). That crew does stuff like that most summer weekends, apparently. Indeed there are a fair number of such folks out there, just mostly not noisy about it.

[DIYSteve]

Yup, there's a fair number of speedsters out there. It's now a thing. Leor has put up some remarkably fast times, the most impressive (to me) of which is the Stuart West Ridge car-to-car in 8 hours (with a bud), roping up in several places. R3H moves uber fast, fo sho. I did some big day trips when I was a younger man, e.g., Glacier Peak via the Sitkum Glacier (route described by Buffalo Brush) in around 9 hours, Adams car-to-car, Baker via Easton in a day on skis. The new standard GP route (Gerdine/Cool) is a much more aesthetic route than the Sitkum but considerably longer approach.

[Just_Some_Hiker]

I've done it. Planning to do it again this season, but with skis this time. I've also day tripped Olympus, which was a little tougher. https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8016479 https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8016851 I'd love to reach speeds similar to Leor's, but I doubt that I could commit to that level of conditioning.

[Cascade Hiker Podcast]

Great to hear about all of your accomplishments!