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Nelson And Campbell Summit Utah’s 19 Highest Peaks In Under 33 Hours – New Fastest Known Time

July 27, 2017

Uinta Mountains, Utah – On July 8, 2017 Luke Nelson and Jared Campbell set a new Fastest Known Time for traversing the Uinta Mountains and summiting the 19 highest peaks in Utah. The route tagged all 19 of the 13,000′ peaks in Utah (all in the Uinta Mountains). Their mountain journey covered 22,600′ of elevation gain in 62 miles. They completed the Uinta Traverse with a total time of just 32 hours, 50 minutes, and 28 seconds. That’s a new record. Congrats!

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Their route began at 5:40 am at the West Fork of Blacks Fork Trailhead and ended at Swift Creek Trailhead. Nelson and Campbell beat the previous record held by Jason Dorais and Tom Goth by 3.5 hours.

The Uinta Mountains are an east-west mountain range in northeastern Utah. The highest point in the range and in Utah is Kings Peak at 13,528′. For a list of the 19 Utah 13ers please visit SummitPost.org.

Nelson and Campbell also set the Fastest Known Time for climbing all of the 12ers in Idaho in 2014 with a time of 28 hours and 18 minutes. Read more about this record at TrailRunnerMag.com.

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Huge shout out to @tomgoth and @jasondorais for pioneering such an amazing and inspiring route through the high Uintas. Inspired by their effort @derajslc and I set out Friday morning to follow in their steps and while we managed to do the route a little faster, the accolades should go to Tom and Jason for being the first to execute a route that linked all of the 13,000′ peaks in Utah. After I get some sleep I’ll put together a bit more of a report from mine and Jared’s adventure.

A post shared by Luke Nelson (@slukenelson) on Jul 9, 2017 at 10:46am PDT

The best advice I can give anyone is to identify who your true heros are and surround yourself with their influence as much as possible. I just spent 32+ hours with @slukenelson as we strung together, on foot, all of the nineteen 13,000+ ft summits in Utah (all located in the Uinta Mtns.). I am so grateful to Luke for tackling this project with me and being such an incredible partner. All went well and we came away from it with only a few minor scratches and a deep appreciation for the beauty contained in this magical mountain range.

A post shared by Jared Campbell (@derajslc) on Jul 8, 2017 at 10:59pm PDT

Read more about Luke Nelson and Jared Campbell summit all of Utah’s 13ers in 33 hours from the following sources: