#62 | The Quest for the FKT of the Appalachian Trail with Kristian Morgan

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports, Sports:wilderness

4.9 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In 2018, Kristian Morgan supported Karl Sabbe in his successful attempt to set the Fastest Known Time for the Appalachian Trail. Feeling inspired from this experience, Kristian decided to try and set the record himself in 2019. Unfortunately he did not make it, which we talk about in the episode. He was not discouraged from this experience, and he is planning on heading out again in 2020, taking with him the lesson's that he learned from his failed attempt in 2019. Kristian's website: https://www.kristianultra.com/ Check out my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/kylehateshiking While you're at it, Check out the show's website at trailtalespod.com Like what you hear? Want to talk some smack? You can contact me on Facebook, Instagram, or send me an email: [email protected] If you're really into Trail Tales and want to receive some bonus content, please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trailtales.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody?
0:10.7	Welcome to Trail Tales.
0:13.1	My name is Kyle O'Grady.
0:14.7	I am a through hiker.
0:15.7	I am a peak bagger.
0:16.6	I am a hiking nerd and this is the podcast where every single Wednesday I chat with another
0:23.1	through hiker, another peak bagger and another hiking nerd just like myself.
0:27.6	I will say this is a bit of a different episode because my guest is not a peak bagger or
0:33.7	a through hiker.
0:34.7	He is certainly kind of a hiking nerd though because Kristen
0:38.6	Morgan is on the show this week he supported Carl Saabay in his successful attempt
0:46.2	to break the fastest known time for the Appalachian Trail in 2018 and in 2019
0:53.3	Kristen went for an attempt himself it did not go as well as he would
0:59.5	have liked and we talk about what happened there and what he's going to do differently when
1:03.8	he goes for another attempt most likely in 2020 and yeah it was it was a different episode for Trail Tales standards which is
1:13.5	awesome it was really cool to ask a experienced ultra runner a lot of kind of some
1:19.5	beginner questions that I've always wondered about the people who go for these
1:23.1	FKTs and stuff and it was it was a lot of fun if you're an Ultra Runner, you'll find my questions amusing.
1:30.3	If you're somebody who doesn't understand this stuff as much, then hopefully you'll learn something like I did.
1:35.3	Either way, it was a great time, and I gotta thank Kristen for reaching out to me.
1:40.3	He was the one that wanted to do this. I didn't contact him first.
1:43.3	And yeah, dude, when you hear this, just thank you so, so much.
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