California 14ers – Colorado resident Andrea Sansone set a new fastest known time for a female to summit all 15 of the California 14ers. She accomplished this mountain feat just 7 days, 11 hours, and 22 minutes. Congrats!
Sansone climbed with Andrew Hamilton to complete the women’s FKT of the California 14ers. Check out their route map on Garmin.com. They set off on July 26, 2017 and finished on August 2, 2017.
According to FastestKnownTime.ProBoards.com, the previous woman’s record for climbing the CA 14ers was held by Jacqueline Florine who climbed all of the peaks in 9 days, 12 hours, and 17 minutes in July 2006. Sean O’Rourke climbed all 15 CA 14ers in just 2 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes on August 1-3, 2012.
According to the following Instagram post from Andrew Hamilton, Samson complete all 15 California 14ers a single push and has also completed all 74 contiguous United States 14ers!
For more information, a map, and a list of the California 14ers, click here.
