{"id":8967,"date":"2024-09-18T23:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setupjunkie.net\/?p=8967"},"modified":"2024-09-23T16:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:02:54","slug":"grand-teton-fkt-rejected-recent-record-disqualified-over-cut-switchback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/setupjunkie.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/18\/grand-teton-fkt-rejected-recent-record-disqualified-over-cut-switchback\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Teton FKT Rejected: Recent Record Disqualified Over Cut Switchback"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michelino Sunseri’s FKT is no more, or technically, never was. <\/strong><\/strong>Last week, GearJunkie reported on Sunseri’s FKT attempt, in which he summited the Grand Teton in 2 hours, 50 minutes, and 50 seconds. The record was not certified.<\/p>\n Nobody doubts Sunseri climbed and descended the Grand Teton in record time. But the official record<\/strong><\/a> was disqualified after park rangers and arbiters at fastestknowntime.com<\/strong><\/a> learned that he disregarded a signed closure by short-cutting a switchback on his descent. <\/p>\n “It was reported to us by several sources, including the National Park Services and park rangers as well as his Strava,” Allison Mercer, the director of fastestknowntime.com told GearJunkie. <\/p>\n The record keepers at fastestknowntime.com did not choose to disqualify Sunseri’s record lightly. Mercer told the local publication<\/strong><\/a> WyoFile that they discussed it extensively before making the call.<\/p>\n Sunseri described descending from the peak in a wild rush. When GearJunkie interviewed him, he said<\/strong><\/a>, “I\u2019ve never thrown myself down the rock so hard, landing on my heels, giving zero [bleeps] about my own well-being.”<\/p>\n