Hiker 'Knotts' Binde Claims Unsupported Appalachian Trail Record - GearJunkie

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Hiker 'Knotts' Binde Claims Unsupported Appalachian Trail Record GearJunkie As there is not much of an audience on the trail, FKT attempts are still largely honor-bound. But evidence such as GPS tracks, photos of the hiker at known points, and postings of intentions on FKT bulletin boards all help validate the attempt. Binde ...

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[Chair-man]

Well written article. Nice to see he documented his effort. He gets my vote.

[ScareBear]

Well written article. Nice to see he documented his effort. He gets my vote.

Not so fast. Nothing has been "verified" as of yet. For now, he just had a heck of a hike. He has some answers to provide about some issues he had with his tracking AND cell phone. And maybe some other issues. Wait and see....

[BuckeyeBill]

They did the same interviews/interrogations to Earl Shaffer when he claimed to be the first person to do a thru hike. He was able to provide enough documentation to satisfy the naysayers.

[Just Bill]

This is the same crappy rag that did the interview with Ninja. In fact their article was one of a few that fueled her claims.
Nothing against Dan- but this website sucks and still doesn't know anything about an FKT.

Apparently they know quite a bit about buckets- https://gearjunkie.com/yeti-loadout-bucket-review

If you do want to read a good article about buckets... seeing as that's the only reason I was made aware of the article... Mags said it best.
https://pmags.com/whiskey-tango-foxt...utility-bucket