Comments on: Evolution Loop FKT

By: Pete Kirkham

Pete Kirkham — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:37:03 +0000

Leor, Wow, great time for the ‘loop’ and fascinating write-up. Reading your article and looking at the photo’s brings back a lot of memories. I first heard of this ‘run’/loop in a Bishop outdoor magazine about 4 years ago and thought one day I have to try it. I ‘survived’ the loop about a month before your outing last August. I tried to travel as a light as possible and planned to sleep for a few hours in the Muir hut. I nearly froze to death in that stone coffin! I ended up hiking into Le Conte through the night and enduring full-on hallucinations by the time I reached the Ranger station! That climb out to Bishop Pass and the ensuing hike to South Lake T/Head…….BRUTAL!! I still finished in under 24 hrs, not too bad for a then 55 yr old!!?? Cheers mate, Pete

By: 2012 Adventure Run Recap | Leor Pantilat's Adventures

2012 Adventure Run Recap | Leor Pantilat's Adventures — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:40:26 +0000

[…] Evolution Loop (September 23, 2012): The Evolution Loop is a magnificent route through some of the most inspiring terrain in the High Sierra. Technically the route is not a loop as the start and finish are at different locations (more accurately, it’s a horseshoe) utilizing the North Lake and South Lake trailheads (note: the trail and/or road segment that links these two trailheads would not be fun). On ran the “loop” in 12h15m from North Lake to South Lake, which set a standard for speed on the route, starting at 5:01 am and finishing at 5:15 pm. The adventure entails ~55-56 miles and 10,000+ ft elevation gain including three high passes – Piute Pass (11,400 ft), Muir Pass (12,000 ft), and Bishop Pass (11,960 ft). About 25 miles of the route are on the John Muir Trail passing by the famous Muir Hut at Muir Pass. The scenery was stunning as expected, and even enhanced by afternoon cumulus clouds that created shade contrast on the granite. I couldn’t resist spending a fair amount of time on photography on both sides of Muir Pass from Evolution Lake to Helen Lake.The loop was later done in 10.5 hrs so I guess I’m leaving the camera at home next time instead of taking 300 photos. Complete photo album here. […]

By: Barry Naber

Barry Naber — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:10:04 +0000

Leor, I found your mountain run completley by accident!! I am mesmorized by the photos !!!! My name is Barry from very flat Long Island N.Y. I have run up Mt. Washington in New Hampshire 2 times and plane to do it again next june.That mountain is 6,288 feet high. To you it would only be a hill. If you wish to reply my email is addictivec5@gmail.com. Thank you very much for taking the time to photograph those beautiful mountains. BARRY

By: Evolution “loop” (North Lake to South Lake) FKT (10h31) | Dr. Dirtbag

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:19:33 +0000

[…] Giant (c) above Muir Pass, from Wanda Lake When Leor Pantilat’s FKT for the Evolution “loop” came up in my news feed, I skimmed it and moved on, having other things on my mind. However, on the […]

By: Jeff Kozak

Jeff Kozak — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:39:45 +0000

Leor,
Cool to meet you at Sage To Summit before your Evo Loop outing. Thanks for stopping by. Sounds like, despite not being able to run much out of LeConte Canyon, the only thing that kept you from sub-12 was one of those pesky cameras! I agree, it’s hard not to stop and take pictures along the way though. I’ve never been able to leave my camera behind, but, just once, I’d like to…
Congrats on the FKT. I’ll be sure to rub it in with my buddy, Phil Kiddoo…maybe it’ll bring him out of mountain running retirement…
Jeff K

By: Wed, Sep 26 | UltraRunnerPodcast.com

Wed, Sep 26 | UltraRunnerPodcast.com — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:44:36 +0000

[…] he goes again…Leor running crazy trails and snapping incredible pictures. This time, while setting an FKT on the Evolution Loop in the High […]