Abby Hall’s quest for a fastest known time on the Nüümü Poyo
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On the crisp morning of Sept. 1, Abby Hall was dropped off at the Whitney Portal trailhead, a few miles outside of the mountain town of Lone Pine, California. She had with her about 22 pounds of supplies: a bear canister full of food, a water filtration device and an emergency bivy shelter.
Almost as if by magic, four days, 11 hours and 20 minutes later, she miraculously emerged in Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley, more than 220 miles from Whitney Portal. But there were no illusions other than Hall’s own fatigue-induced hallucinations. She had just run the second-fastest known time ever recorded on the John Muir Trail for an unsupported woman traveling northbound.
The Year in Pictures: Car and Driver s Best Photos of 2020
Smoky burnouts from a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat? Check. Righteous jumps over sand dunes in a Ford F-150 Raptor? Check. An illustration of the perfect car? We did that too. Greg PajoCar and Driver
Why did the last 366 days feel like 366 weeks? We all know why, but it s almost over now. So rather than dwell on the the worst, let s remember the best parts from 2020 by going through our very own
Car
and Driver photo album.
This year we delivered 12,000 calories worth of food to hungry DoorDash subscribers. We tested the quickest production pickup ever. We ferried to remote islands in Michigan s Great Lakes to test all-terrain vehicles. And although it wasn t too hard to pretend the world was ending, we debated the best way to spend the last gallon of gas. Here s what the year looked like, either from behind the camera, or illustrated.
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Ben Nevis in Scotland, about 4k feet
Somewhere around Canmore, in Alberta, we may have gone up to 7k feet or so but I would have to ask the people
on that trip how high we went. I don t recall exactly, but it was a long hike, maybe 4 or 6 hours.
I enjoy watching documentaries about climbers who have died in places like K2 or Everest.
Not because I enjoy learning about the deaths, but, because I know it s dangerous and death is a reality for some.
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