Wow, nice one

[randoskier]

That's a nice ski in Alaska but not as challenging as the NPL in Norway which is 1,864 miles long (from the southern coast of Norway to the northern coast of Norway). My Norwegian friend Thor has the second fastest time ever skiing it- 62 days, and he skied that in his late 50s.

https://www.snowindustrynews.com/articl ... onal-1000/

[aclyon]

That's a nice ski in Alaska but not as challenging as the NPL in Norway which is 1,864 miles long (from the southern coast of Norway to the northern coast of Norway). My Norwegian friend Thor has the second fastest time ever skiing it- 62 days, and he skied that in his late 50s.

https://www.snowindustrynews.com/articl ... onal-1000/

she has a really interesting collection of other records/FKTs. pfiffner traverse, annapurna circuit, r2r2r alt routes... all really tough.
i find it interesting she used a universal binding with a regular boot... there's a lot more information i'd like to know about the effort! might have to see if she has an instagram or something that goes into more detail.

[randoskier]

That's a nice ski in Alaska but not as challenging as the NPL in Norway which is 1,864 miles long (from the southern coast of Norway to the northern coast of Norway). My Norwegian friend Thor has the second fastest time ever skiing it- 62 days, and he skied that in his late 50s.

https://www.snowindustrynews.com/articl ... onal-1000/

she has a really interesting collection of other records/FKTs. pfiffner traverse, annapurna circuit, r2r2r alt routes... all really tough.
i find it interesting she used a universal binding with a regular boot... there's a lot more information i'd like to know about the effort! might have to see if she has an instagram or something that goes into more detail.

The Iditarod is fairly flat with a couple of hills (2 small passes) so I imagine you can use any binding. Maybe she walked (or ran) the barren parts of it too, they often have to re-route the dog race because of lack of snow in certain areas. That would explain the choice of shoe set up.

She skied 53 km per day. For 30 days. Total: 1528 km On a relatively flat trail graded for stock....fast but she is not quite Norwegian fast...

My friend Thor has the 2nd fastest NPL time on skis.

The NPL is skiing (or walking in summer) Norway from bottom to top, just over 3000km total, from 57°N at the start to 71°N at the finish.

He did it in 62 days- so skiing 48,3 km per day (he only took two rest/weather days). He was 56 years-old when he did that.

That is an extremely rugged ski with a massive gain and loss of elevation and every snow and weather condition imaginable. The elevation gain is 176,000 feet in summer, somewhat less in winter because sometimes you can ski along frozen rivers in valleys.

Thor is still a very fast skier at 68.