L2H FKT attempt with Abby and Cordis

3 years ago by miles to c/ultralight

Only a few days before, I convinced Cordis to spend Thanksgiving caching water across the desert so we could attempt Lowest to Highest the following day. The...

In Nov 2022 Abby and Cordis attempt to complete the grueling ~130 mile L2H in under 53 hours.

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milescrusher 2 points 3 years ago

woof, was looking at the elevation profile on L2H (click the red line and click "Profile") and realized the first 14 miles from Badwater to Telescope Ridge in Death Valley NP are a deal breaker as I don’t reasonably think I can do 10k elevation gain in a day… did several thousand feet less on my biggest day on the PCT which I was in shape for and took a nap and I was still exhausted the next day. love the area and it feels… slightly uncomfortable to realize I’d be out of my league.

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Glemek 2 points 3 years ago

It is difficult, but its such a rad hike tho. I did it H2L as a side trip on my PCT thru and it was a huge highlight for me.

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milescrusher 2 points 3 years ago

that's a hell of a sidetrip! i have so many questions. how did you decide to do it? did you team up with anyone? did you cache water?

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