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>The Appalachian Trail Conservancy suggests that backpackers take five to seven months to hike the 2,189 miles from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, Maine. That seems like a fair figure, as the trail includes a whopping 550,000 feet of elevation change and is notoriously difficult to travel, with rocky scrambles and roots across narrow sections. But for ultramarathoner Scott Jurek, a 12-mile-per-day pace is a figure to scoff at. On Sunday, Jurek, 41, set a new record for fastest completion of the Appalachian Trail, summiting Mount Katahdin just 46 days, eight hours and seven minutes after he began.
