On Friday, August 5th a group of 12 runners, including 5 Trail Monsters, set off in an attempt to cover the entire 100 Mile Wilderness in under 48 hours. Although no one expected it to be easy everyone seemed to have underestimated the difficulty of the technical terrain, and in the end only 4 runners managed to complete the full distance.

Runners were met by their own support crew at up to 5 locations along the trail to refuel, and to have the opportunity to get out of the Wilderness if they decided they couldn’t continue.

This event wasn’t a race, for some it was an attempt at setting a new speed record on this section of the Appalachian Trail, but for most it was a personal challenge of pushing themselves against the rugged Maine wilderness.