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erica
@heavygweit
tara dower just set the record for fastest known time on the appalachian trail 2,189 miles in 40 days 18 hours 5 minutes (~50 miles a day) she only took 3 showers the entire time and she raised $34,000 for Girls on the Run NPO while doing so absolute beast mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nf46hTQgwY
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Oliver
@timewarp
I feel strange about 'records' being set on trails. Part of the appeal for me in nature is to get away from competition and social media. Looking at the incentives of this feat, it likely will draw more ppl pursuing breaking records. Anyone else have negative sentiment around this?
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erica
@heavygweit
Tara is not the first person to attempt and achieve a FKT, her doing this is not going to suddenly open a flood of people racing on the Appalachian trail She ran 2,000 miles in 40 days - there is an extremely small subset of humans who are 1) physically capable of doing this 2) willing to put the work in to properly train and 3) have a team who will support and follow them for over a month Humans have been driven to set records since the dawn of time - the marathon and olympics were created in ancient Greece 3,000 years ago. We can appreciate slow living while simultaneously applauding superhuman efforts, especially when they do something a lot of the world thinks they’re incapable of doing bc of their gender
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Oliver
@timewarp
Agreed on a lot of pts It's not a gender issue. I have a similar negative sentiment when I see male rock climbers speed 'sending' routes on mountains I can respect and applaud the training required to achieve incredible feats, but applying personal records to areas I would rather keep sacred is where I have conflict
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erica
@heavygweit
(Didn’t think your comment was a gender issue, was highlighting that this is a particularly special feat bc of that) Her doing this doesn’t prevent you from keeping hiking and nature sacred for you! People have different values and goals in life, but that shouldn’t affect your own personal enjoyment
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Oliver
@timewarp
If you're going to the library to read and hear someone celebrating that they achieved a personal school mark that they never thought was possible, how would you feel? People celebrating their high scores is great, I just don't care for it in a setting I use for a different purpose
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erica
@heavygweit
there's a very big difference between a library with "be quiet" signs everywhere that is maybe a few thousand square meters of an enclosed space and nature which covers the entire planet? i love seeing people celebrate, if i walked past tara at the end of the appalachian trail celebrating with her team, i'd join in. if i didn't want to be around the celebration, i'd just keep hiking. i am not a fan at all of the hiking raves that have become popular, which i think are a much bigger disturbance to nature than tara's single 40 day trek, but if i came across them on a trail i'd just hike ahead or wait for them to pass.
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Oliver
@timewarp
We'll leave it here I can find Tara's record as distasteful and still have the utmost respect for her effort and cause
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