The oldest known...

[SherpaWill]

There are lists kept for the fastest known times for a lot of different hikes (Presidential Traverse, Pemi Loop, etc.) and I was wondering if there was any lists kept for the oldest known people to do these hikes.

 

[Tom Rankin]

There are 2 people who have done a round of the 3500' peaks in the Catskills, starting at over 80 years of age!

 

[weatherman]

There are 2 people who have done a round of the 3500' peaks in the Catskills, starting at over 80 years of age!

Oldest known starter who also finished...

My inlaws, when they lived in South Glens Falls, lived next door to a guy who started his Adirondack 46 at about 75 and finished a few years later. I went on a couple local hikes with him when he was about 82 and I was about 42 and we hiked at about the same pace, faster than book time by a good bit. Good company too! Alas, nature took its toll pretty quickly after that and we lost him a few years back.

At the time he was the oldest known starter who finished, not sure if that has been surpassed.