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Brian Robinson was the first person to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail and the Continental Divide Trail (or the Hiker Triple Crown) in one year, a total distance of over 7,000 miles.〔Tresniowski, Alex; O'Connor, Colleen; Billups-Kneeland, Andrea (December 10, 2001), "March Madness". ''People''. 56 (24):117〕 Robinson decided (in 2000) to take a six-month leave of absence from his job at Compaq and attempt the Pacific Crest Trail with his father Roy, who himself is a seasoned back-packer. Mid-way through the trip, Brian realized the Triple Crown might be achievable in a single year.〔Ballard, Chris (July 23, 2001), "Walking the Walk". ''Sports Illustrated''. 95 (3):A20〕 Robinson completed the Triple Crown with tremendous support from his friends and family. Support for his pursuit ranged from notes of encouragement in trail registers to regular food re-supplies mailed to strategic points along the route,〔 and even a complete equipment replacement by a near-stranger after his backpack, containing most of his original gear, was lost. His father maintained a website with frequent updates from his daily journal and the most current photographs. During his travail, he overcame several emotional obstacles, including having his pack mis-routed during a bus transfer, discovering on September ''12'', 2001 that the US had been attacked, and encountering a woman that might have been "the one."〔Ballard, Chris (November 12, 2001), "Historic Feet". ''Sports Illustrated''. 95 (19):A27〕 Because of his rapid hiking pace, his fellow through-hikers began calling him "Flyin' Brian", a trail name he continues to use. In the years following the Calendar Triple Crown, Robinson became an active ultra-marathoner. He has completed several 100-mile races, including the Western States 100 and the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run. In 2008 he set the course record at the Barkley Marathons, a grueling 100 mile course in Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee. A feature in the Washington Post chronicles his attempt to finish the race in 2007. ==Footnotes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Robinson (hiker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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