FACT & FIGURES
Trail Running the Entire Trail System of Olympic National Park • 5 years to complete due to snow-pack in high-country • Over 1,100 miles of running to do all 600+ miles of trails in the park • Longest run in one day = 44.3 miles along the Press Expedition Route • Longest 2-day total in a week = 75 miles, crossing the park from North to South and East to West • Number of solo mountain marathons run during the summer: average 1 per week of 30 or more miles The Arctic to Antarctica Bicycle Tour along “The Road Less Graveled”• “The Road Less Graveled” was McCormacks’ life-time achievement, taking 2 years of his life to complete, covering a distance of 18,350 miles• 70% of the distance bicycled between the North and South Poles via the Pan-American highway, from 70 degrees North latitude to 55 degrees South latitude) • Pedal strokes cranked out: up to 1/3rd of a billion pedal strokes
British Columbia, Canada, ALCAN Highway | Most miles in a week: 835 miles o Day 1: From Cassiar Highway along “25 miles of muddy hell” to Hyder, Alaska = 100 miles o Day 2: To Houston, Jnct 37 & Hwy 16 Kitwanda = 104 miles o Day 3: Skeena Highway, last big hills of Coast Range to Vanderhoof, British Columbia = 140 miles o Day 4: 9 hours on bike, sunset at 6:45pm = 140 miles o Day 5: Along powerful, fast-moving Fraser River = 122 miles o Day 6: Headwinds, lots of uphills, very noisy, busy highway = 134 miles o Day 7: 9 hours, 21 minutes, 33 seconds, strong winds = 131 miles Other endurance sport projects • All 160 miles of trails @ Pt Reyes National Seashore • Hike from South Rim to North Rim of Grand Canyon and bicycle 215 miles back in one day • Sea to Summit of Mount Rainier, triathlon style in 18 hours, starting from Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (mouth of river in Puget Sound), followed by 80 mile bicycle ride and strait climb from Paradise thru Camp Muir to Summit • Swim entire perimeter of Lake Crescent in Olympic National ParkGreg will elaborate on these adventures at a later time, so please check back soon!