A New Record!

[Doug]

No mention of a dog either

 

Congrats Justin!

Edited July 13, 2008 by Doug

[Kraken]

atta boy Merle! And it's Justin, not Justine!

[akhalteke]

Damn. Smoking. That is really impressive.

[Amar_Andalkar]

Here's a much better article on the record, which also correctly has his name as "Justin":

 

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/410659.html

 

Thanks to near-perfect conditions, a Pierce County man now holds the unofficial record for speed-climbing Mount Rainier.

 

Justin Merle took 4 hours, 49 minutes, 35 seconds Wednesday to go from Paradise to the 14,411-foot summit and back down again. That beats the previous record of four hours, 59 minutes, one second set in 2004 by Chad Kellogg, which also was not officially timed.

[musky333]

Unbelievable. Also worth mentioning is Craig Van Hoy's round trip two decades back of 5 1/2 hours wearing mountain boots and carrying a 30 pound pack.

[hey_wtf]

I have a feeling peanut butter was involved.