Adam Wilcox completes first Winter Full Hut Traverse - Solo

[Tim Seaver]

On March 9th, In 23 hours and 7 minutes, Mr. Adam Wilcox crossed the entire White Mountain Hut System, starting at Carter Notch Hut and finishing at Lonesome Lake.

An amazing, historic, athletic feat which has been finally achieved.

Success? Well, yes. I crossed the mountains in winter with a 27 pound pack. But what did I personally achieve? Nothing terribly impressive. The feat was accomplished because I had so much help, open buildings for shelter all the way, heat in some of them, friendly caretakers to visit, packed trails very foot of the way, plenty of other people around ( at times)

- Guy Waterman, "Wilderness Ethics"

Sorry, Mr. Waterman. Adventure is NOT dead - it's only limited by your imagination. Buildings don't kill adventure if you don't choose to sleep in them.

It's a vision thing.

A hearty congratulations to Adam on this!

 

[Jeff List]

Fantastic Adam!!

 

[brobichaud]

An amazing athletic feat to say the least! A well deserved congratulations to Adam!

 

[Tim Seaver]

Pretty Nice Day for That Kind Of Wanderin'

What the day looked like:

(This image was taken at 8:50am - I had started up from Crawford Notch, and was waiting for Adam on Monroe, guessing that he would hop over it to avoid the steep chute on the "horse trail" around Monroe.
As it was, he went around at the same time I was going over summit loop from the South and goofing around with photo gear. Just missed him!)

 

[Bombadil]

Huge congrats. Just awesome.

 

[Driver8]

Awesome. I second Jake's comments on Washington from that direction, especially in winter. Gorgeous.

 

[Peaks]

He certainly picked outstanding weather for the traverse.

 

[Dehydrator]

Incredible! How many miles is that?

 

[Tim Seaver]

It's roughly 48-50 miles.

Adam has posted an excellent account of his journey here:

Winter Hut Traverse (In A Day!) - 03/9/2013

 

[ultrastevep]

Congratulations, Adam....fantastic photo, Tim!

 

[Raven]

Incredible accomplishment - great to hear!

 

[Snowflea]

Awesome Adam--congratulations! It appears as though fatherhood is agreeing with you!
Great write up on your blog, too.

The one-day winter Mahoosuc Traverse awaits (just sayin')...

 

[NH Tramper]

Wow, I'm blown away. Must have been flying right along. Congrats!

 

[sdways01]

I realize there are some amazing hikers out there (and on here), but this still just boggles my mind. I just wish I was good enough to think about trying something like a single day presi-traverse. Many congrats to Adam

 

[bikehikeskifish]

Wow, I'm blown away. Must have been flying right along. Congrats!

If you look at his blog post, he has times posted with photos along the way. Most impressive!

Tim

 

[HAMTERO]

nice job daddy!

 

[1SlowHiker]

WOW!! Congratulations!! What planet are you from?

 

[LivesToHike]

Congrats, Adam! Great achievement! --Mike