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John Muir Trail Speed Records
Record Person Date Notes

Unsupported & Unresupplied (Whitney Summit)
4 days, 5 hrs, 25 min Michael Popov Aug 3, 2007 (Whitney Summit to Happy Isles)
Link 1
Link 2

5 days, 5 hrs, 18 min

Mark Davis

Aug 23, 2008
(Whitney Summit to Happy Isles)
Link 1
5 days, 7 hrs, 45 min Reinhold Metzger
(did it at age 62)
Sep , 2004 (Whitney Summit to Happy Isles)
Link 1
5 days, 10 hrs, 0? min Reinhold Metzger
(did it at age 61)
Sep , 2003 (Whitney Summit to Happy Isles)
Link 1

Unsupported & Unresupplied (Whitney Portal)
5 days, 7 hrs, 50 min
(Popov spent 2 days at 12,000 ft
acclimating, after leaving the Portal)
John Rosendahl 1988 (Whitney Portal to Happy Isles)
Link 1 , Link 2
5 days, 10 hrs, 8 min Mark Davis Aug 23, 2008 (Whitney Portal to Happy Isles)
Link 1 - same trip as listed above

Unsupported & Unresupplied (female)
6 days, 6 hrs, 23 min Jackie Florine  Sep 2, 2005 (Happy Isles to Whitney summit)
Link 1
5 days, 15 hrs, 50 min Catra Corbett
(aka Dirt Diva)
summer 2004  not clear if her effort was unresupplied or not.
unverified.
       

Supported with Resupply (overall)
3 days, 20 hrs, 0? min Sue Johnson Aug 27, 2007 Whitney Portal to Happy Isles (3d, 20h, 1m)
Whitney summit to Happy Isles (3d, 15h, 32m)
Link 1
3 days, 21 hrs, 5 min Kevin Sawchuck Aug 4, 2004 (Whitney Portal to Happy Isles)
Link 1
3 days, 22 hrs, 4 min Peter Bakwin Aug 15, 2003 (Whitney Portal to Happy Isles)
Link 1 , Link 2 , Link 3
4 days, 14 hrs, 39 min Peter Bakwin
Buzz Burrell
 Aug 5, 2000 (Whitney Portal to Happy Isles)
Link 1

4 days, 15 hrs, 37 min
 Blake P. Wood

Aug 13, 1998
(Whitney Summit to Happy Isles)
Link 1
5 days, 10 hrs, 47 min
5 days 13 hrs, 30 min
Bruce Van Borstel
Tim Twietmeyer
Pat Whyte
Eric Evers
Phil Penna
Summer, 1992 (Happy Isles to Whitney Summit)
(Happy Isles to Whitney Portal)
note: resupplies at Tuolumne Meadows,
Red's Meadow, & Muir Ranch
Link 1