Earlier this week, ultrarunners Anna Frost and Missy Gosney became the first women to complete Nolan鈥檚 14, a run over the 14 summits above 14,000 feet in Colorado鈥檚 Sawatch Range. (The course features the largest number of fourteeners that can be run in a 100-mile distance.) But, because of varying interpretations of the 60-hour cutoff, some from the they didn鈥檛 actually finish in time.
The controversy centers on whether a Nolan鈥檚 14 finisher must summit the last peak in less than 60 hours or descend down to the trailhead within that timeframe. Frost and Gosney made it up Mount Shavano, near Salida, 57 hours and 55 minutes after they started, but, after celebrating at the top, they didn鈥檛 make it back to the trailhead until after the cutoff.
Frost told 国产吃瓜黑料 in an email that she and Gosney understood officially finishing as reaching the last summit in less than 60 hours, as stated on听the website of听听(the unofficial scorekeeper of all Nolan's 14 attempts, according to the ).听The site says that the “cutoff is 60 hours to the last summit.”
“If people want rules, they can go to the webpage and see and disagree with whatever they like,鈥� wrote Frost. 鈥淲e did what is 鈥榦fficially鈥� stated as finishing Nolan鈥檚 14.”
She said that they decided to spend extra time on the final summit to celebrate with their crew, instead of rushing down.
“The sun was out, the view was beautiful, and we were surrounded by great people,” she wrote. “We made the decision to really enjoy the moment with everyone who had helped us.”
Frost, who spent six weeks last year exploring the route and much of last month poring over maps of it, said that she considers herself and Gosney finishers, despite the debate on the comment boards.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 care what they think,鈥� she said. 鈥淎re they out there doing it?鈥�