Comments on: New Zion Traverse FKT

By: 2009 Re-Cap « Jared Campbell's Blog

2009 Re-Cap « Jared Campbell's Blog — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:06:37 +0000

[...] Set FKT on the Zion Traverse with Christian Johnson. Jay Aldous joined us for most of it. Pics – Story [...]

By: Bo Beck

Bo Beck — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:30:49 +0000

You inspired me during our chat this winter when you came into The Rat! I’m in training mode to better my best! 5 years ago 16:00 Hours, 4 years ago 17:00 Hours, and 2 years ago 14:25 (solo). This year (april/may?) I hope to make another attempt (mind and body willing and ready) at under 12 Hours! Thanks for the inspiration and great write-up to-boot!

By: runuphill

runuphill — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:46:14 +0000

Thanks Ben! The Zion Traverse is truly amazing.

I’m psyched you’re doing the P50 again, you were certainly the most psyched person out on the course!

Jared

By: Ben Blessing

Ben Blessing — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:00:18 +0000

Jared, I had planned on making a trip to Zion this summer, but didn’t know what to run exactly. This looks phenomenal! I definitely have this on my list this year. Looking forward to running Poky 50 again >;^D

Merry Christmas!

By: Charlie Nuttelman

Charlie Nuttelman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:08:27 +0000

Wow!! I guess it was a busy week on the Zion trails! My fiancee and I did Lee Pass to Zion Lodge on Monday, then finished the Traverse later in the week (did some canyoneering routes in between). What an awesome place; it was our first time there.

Congrats on the fast time, Jared and Christian!!

Charlie

By: runuphill

runuphill — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:27:27 +0000

Matt,

This is no lie, but the fancy shirts that Jay wears are Armani!

Jared

By: matt campbell

matt campbell — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:36:03 +0000

amazing! I may have to do this on my b-day next year….though those shirts of jays cause me pain whenever I see them now… I was always seeing it just ahead of me at the last couple of races I did where he came in one place ahead of me both times…amazing runner. I’m in my first year and hope to meet all of you sometime soon

By: Hart

Hart — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:41:51 +0000

you had me at “50 elk” making the ground shake!! THAT is adventure running my friend!

solid congrats to you and christian.

gotta call BS on this though ~ “honestly quite ill-prepared given how little and how inconsistently I had been running in the past few months.”

By: Bryon Powell

Bryon Powell — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:48:36 +0000

Great run, Jared. Zion is a special place. I visited it for the first time the weekend prior to your FKT and loved it. Over two days we ran pretty much the entire traverse save for Hop Valley. I’ll be dreaming of the full traverse until (and probably after) I log it. Thanks for sharing your amazing adventure!

By: Buzz

Buzz — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:58:43 +0000

Great route, great report. And to do it comfortably in late November – sweet.

“Whenever I look west from this vantage point I feel as it I’m at an ice-cream parlor and I want a bit of everything.”

Well said!