Editing Pacific Crest Trail (section)

====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>