YES! I love the Barkleys. And I'm from the southeast so I personally know the pain of bushwacking in those hills.
Here it's higher elevation and much more open so it's easier.
The run I have in mind for later this summer is ~35km with a few thousand meters of elevation (mostly loss on this section).
It's the second half of a loop that rings the ridges of a valley here. I don't know if I'll ever be fit enough to do it in one go... 80km and ~8000m of gain/loss in total.
nostr:npub1kuy0wwf0tzzqvgfv8zpw0vaupkds3430jhapwrgfjyn7ecnhpe0qj9kdj8 any interest?
80km with 8k of altitude change is insane. I’m too amateur on running to even grasp the preparation and level of commitment required to do such thing.
Still, somehow I managed to go from sedentary to sub 4-hour marathon after my forties, so who knows ;)
Let us know when you try those mountaineering long runs.
Oh. My bad. I’d forgotten I reworked the second half so you wouldn’t need climbing gear.
It’s only 6000m elevation. 😅
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/map-ddbc86d--30?p=-1&sh=sosrae
