Squeaky sighting

[gumby]

Wow!!!! Squeaky, you are truely a hiking fool and I mean that in a good way. Today, when it comes to long distance backpacking, you have no equal... you're simply the best! Enjoy it all you can, you worked hard to deserve it.

Do folks think WhiteBlaze.net should make a Certificate of Congratulations for Squeaky, I don't any other organization in position to do so? Anybody here have the proper tools and an inclination to do a nice job?

Youngblood

Hows this for a certificate? I can modify it based on your suggestions.

gumby

BTW it looks better printed in Print Shop.

[Jaybird]

Congrats SQUEAKY!

[Youngblood]

Hows this for a certificate? I can modify it based on your suggestions.

gumby

BTW it looks better printed in Print Shop.

Could you get a map of the lower 48 with all three trails in it somehow?

[peter_pan]

Well Done Squeaky...

Pan

[Tortoises]

Congratulations Squeaky!

We have a couple of pictures on this website.
http://homepage.mac.com/herm222/PhotoAlbum17.html

Tortoise and Just a Few Steps

[gumby]

Could you get a map of the lower 48 with all three trails in it somehow?

Here's what I have. I sent an e-mail to GORP asking permission to use the map.

gumby

[neighbor dave]

would puttin' his stats on it be appropriate. (i.e.) x # of days, x # of miles type thing?

[Kerosene]

I like neighbor dave's suggestion as an improvement on a great idea!

[gumby]

would puttin' his stats on it be appropriate. (i.e.) x # of days, x # of miles type thing?

Yup they would, that's why I put it up here. Now does anyone have these stats? If so I'll make the next version until we come to an agreement. Yeah I know this is Whiteblaze and coming to an agreement is not likely.

Seriously though, thats what I like about this site.

Thanks, gumby

[Mr. Clean]

I can't even imagine what he has done. Congrats!!
Someone mentioned 7,530 miles, 31.4 miles per day, 240 days. Is that right?
Incredible.

[weary]

Here's what I have. I sent an e-mail to GORP asking permission to use the map.

gumby

I wouldn't worry about permission for a one time use of a map as a greeting card to one person. If anyone were to sue they would have to show damages. Those would be infintesimal for a card to be given to one person.

Put the source of the map on the back of the card and I suspect they would be pleased rather than offended.

It might be useful to use the back of the card also to list the names of all those from White Blaze who have offered congratulations.

(If you adopt that last suggestion, I hereby offier my congratulations to Squeaky.)

Well, on second thought, I offer them anyway. It was a tremendous accomplishment.

Weary

[calearn]

For official numbers, we'll have to wait for Squeaky to post them. I pulled the above number for the PCT and CDT from his journal and the AT mileage from the official number. His days will most likely be 239 days 11 1/2 or 12 hours and the miles will likely be close. The CDT numbers from his journal are about what one would expect for the route Squeaky took.

Congratulations Squeaky!!!

[Sly]

Actual CDT numbers are hard to come by.

I don't believe anyone has actually wheeled the trail, especially since there are so many alternates and the "official" route isn't complete. Even Jonathan Ley's maps, which Squeaky used, don't have mileages on them, so it's only an estimate. Likely around 2700, maybe a little more since he took no cut-offs that I'm aware of, and did the RMNP loop.

[MTNRUNR]

Instead of "Triple Crown completion" how about Triple Crown record completion???

I'm thinkin Squeaky will appreciate everyones well wishes

Just wondering...I know if he wrote a book about his quest I'd surely buy a copy! How about anyone else?

How about it Squeaky musta felt "weird" not havin ta get up and start hikin agin today!

Congrat's once again!!!

[Sly]

Some records can't be broken. For instance Earl Shaffer's 1st AT thru-hike. Never to be duplicated, never to be "improved" upon, only done faster. Another record of Earl's never to be broken, 1st to hike the trail in both directions.

In Squeaky's Trailcast interview, he said he was the 1st to hike the Triple Crown in a calender year, but I beg to differ. Surely he must have heard of, but never mentioned Brian Robinson, who completed the Triple Crown (abet with flipflops) in a calender year in 2001.

[Youngblood]

Gumby, that's great!

The only data I would suggest is the rough mileage for each trail in the description blocks and maybe drop the "National Scenic" part to keep it smallish. How about using the start and end date after "Triple Crown" , Started ??/??/2005 - Finished 12/29/2005.

[gumby]

Excellent replies, after I get some stats I'll make up the next version.

If Squeaky wrote a book would I buy it? Duh..of course.

Thanks guys and gals.

gumby

[anneandbenhike]

Congratulations, Squeaky, from someone else who has been following you for quite a while!

[Sloghound]

Hello, all.. I'm eagerly awaiting the next report from Squeaky or Stef, his Mum. Are they still in the States, or on the way home? Does anyone have a snail mail address for him?

The trailcast.org podcast interview with him is great. A post trip interview would be icing on the cake.

What a hiker! What a motivated man!

Sloghound

[Youngblood]

I was on Springer for NYE. Several sobo's finished up and I took a look at Squeaky's last entry in the log book on Springer... took a picture of it by the plaque and the last white blaze.