Editing Pacific Crest Trail (section)

===Fastest known times===

====Self-supported====
On August 7, 2013, Heather "Anish" Anderson of [[Bellingham, Washington]], set the [[fastest known time#FKT categories|self-supported]] speed record. She completed the PCT in 60 days, 17 hours, 12 minutes,<ref>{{Cite web
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}}</ref> beating the previous record by almost 4 days.<ref name=fkt>{{cite web|url=http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/29|title=Pacific Crest Trail (CA, OR, WA)|publisher=Fastest Known Time|access-date=January 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113170508/http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/29|archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> She documented this journey in her book ''Thirst''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Thirst : 2600 miles to home|last=Anderson, Heather|isbn=9781680512366|location=Seattle, Washington|oclc=1055681514|year=2019}}</ref> In 2018 she became the first woman to complete the [[Triple Crown of Hiking]] in a single calendar year.

Exactly nine years later, on August 7, 2022, Josh Perry improved upon the self-supported speed record, completing the PCT in 55 days, 16 hours and 54 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2021 |title=Pacific Crest Trail (CA, OR, WA) {{!}} Fastest Known Time |url=https://fastestknowntime.com/route/pacific-crest-trail-ca-or-wa |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=fastestknowntime.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, Nick Folwer set a new self-supported record of 52 days, 9 hours and 18 minutes. While he was in the [[Sierra Nevada]], [[Hurricane Hilary]] hit California, and he needed to spend 41 hours sheltering in a cave from the weather.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2023 |title=Nick Fowler - Pacific Crest Trail (CA, OR, WA) - 2023-09-06 {{!}} Fastest Known Time |url=https://fastestknowntime.com/fkt/nick-fowler-pacific-crest-trail-ca-or-wa-2023-09-06 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=fastestknowntime.com |language=en}}</ref>

====Supported====
On August 10, 2014, Joseph McConaughy of [[Shoreline, Washington]], set a new supported speed record and the overall fastest known time for the PCT. The distance was covered in 53 days, 6 hours, and 37 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nwpr.org/post/seattle-runner-smashes-speed-record-full-length-pacific-crest-trail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812212654/http://nwpr.org/post/seattle-runner-smashes-speed-record-full-length-pacific-crest-trail|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2014|title=Seattle Runner Smashes Speed Record For Full Length of Pacific Crest Trail|publisher=Northwest Public Radio}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024221697_pacificcrestrunner02xml.html|title=55 miles a day: Blistering pace for hiker seeking Pacific Crest record|newspaper=The Seattle Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812141659/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024221697_pacificcrestrunner02xml.html|archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.runforcolin.com/#!blog/c16p9|title=Run For Colin|publisher=Runforcolin.com|access-date=January 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113000909/http://www.runforcolin.com/#!blog/c16p9|archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> This surpassed the previous record of 59 days, 8 hours, 14 minutes,<ref name=fkt/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcta.org/2013/pct-speed-record-is-shattered-twice-13750/|title=PCT speed record is shattered twice|date=August 9, 2013|publisher=Pacific Crest Trail Association|access-date=January 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113165321/http://www.pcta.org/2013/pct-speed-record-is-shattered-twice-13750/|archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-vegan-hiker-sets-new-record-on-pacific-crest-trail/|title=Vegan Hiker Sets New Record On Pacific Crest Trail|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|access-date=January 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113170613/http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-vegan-hiker-sets-new-record-on-pacific-crest-trail/|archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/08/man-woman-set-records-on-pacific-crest-trail/|title=Man, woman set records on Pacific Crest Trail|newspaper=Seattle Times|access-date=January 13, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113170231/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/08/man-woman-set-records-on-pacific-crest-trail/|archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> set by Josh Garret on August 8, 2013, by more than 6 days. Joe was supported by a team of three hikers.

McConaughy's record was broken on August 14, 2016, by [[Karel Sabbe]], a 27-year-old dentist from [[Ghent, Belgium]]. He covered the distance in 52 days, 8 hours, and 25 minutes, averaging over {{convert|50| miles}} a day and shaving almost a day (22 hours) off the previous record set by McConaughy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://appalachiantrials.com/karel-sabbe-claims-new-supported-pct-speed-record/|title=Karel Sabbe Claims New Supported PCT Speed Record - The Trek|date=August 17, 2016|website=appalachiantrials.com|access-date=May 3, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027102434/http://appalachiantrials.com/karel-sabbe-claims-new-supported-pct-speed-record/|archive-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rei.com/blog/run/dentist-belgium-clipped-day-off-pct-thru-hike-record|title=How a Dentist from Belgium Clipped a Day off the PCT Thru-Hike Record - REI Co-op Journal|date=October 6, 2016|work=REI Co-op Journal|access-date=October 27, 2017|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027182927/https://www.rei.com/blog/run/dentist-belgium-clipped-day-off-pct-thru-hike-record|archive-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref> Sabbe was supported by his friend Joren Biebuyck.

On July 22, 2021, 37-year-old ultra-runner [[Timothy Olson]] broke Sabbe's record with a time of 51 days, 16 hours and 55 minutes, fifteen and a half hours faster than Sabbe's time. Olson was crewed by a small group of family and friends.<ref name="Potter">{{Cite web|last=Potter|first=Alex|date=July 23, 2021|title=Timothy Olson Sets the Men's Supported Pacific Crest Trail FKT|url=https://www.irunfar.com/timothy-olson-sets-the-mens-supported-pacific-crest-trail-fkt|access-date=July 31, 2021|website=iRunFar|language=en}}</ref>

On August 26, 2023, [[Karel Sabbe]] took back his record with a time of 46 days, 12 hours and 56 minutes, more than five days faster than Olson's time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/article/ultrarunner-smashed-pacific-crest-trail-speed-18299645.php|title=An ultrarunner just smashed the Pacific Crest Trail speed record, hiking 57 miles per day|date=August 26, 2023|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=August 27, 2023|language=en-US}}</ref>