The Unsupported Limit

When Jamieson Hatt started the Ice Age Trail, his pack weighed 70 pounds. That was everything he’d have for the next 1,160 miles: all his food, a second pair of shoes, and a disposable razor he called his luxury item. He set the unsupported FKT in 2025, and I think it might be the FKT of the year for how much further it pushed what’s possible unsupported.

We get into whether there’s a limit to how far someone can go unsupported, and whether food is the real limiter or it’s actually shoes. He breaks down how he got 4,100 calories out of 1.75 pounds of food a day, and how he was hungry again 20 minutes after every meal. We talk about the bailout point he set up mid-trail when things got bad, the failures that taught him to never skimp on electrolytes or rain gear, and the idea of doing a “training camp” on trail before an attempt. And yes, a song he’s never once listened to was stuck in his head for a week and a half.

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