Record-Setting Hiker Fined $500 For Drinking Champagne Atop Mt. Katahdin.
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Scott Jurek broke the fastest time for a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail by a mere three hours, but now has to pay a fine for drinking champagne at the finish line on Mt. Katahdin
"In a spat that would only have happened in a state with as little lawbreaking as Maine, ultramarathoner and Appalachian Trail record breaker Scott Jurek will get just a $500 fine for drinking champagne on top of Mt. Katahdin, and will avoid a number of other citations he received during his summit celebration on Katahdin this past July.
Jurek broke the world record for the quickest Appalachian Trail through-hike, beating Jennifer Pharr Davis' 2011 record by a mere 3 hours and 13 minutes, clocking a total time of 46 days, 8 hours, and 7 minutes over the 2,189-mile trail. Jurek averaged 50 miles a day while covering 515,000 feet of elevation change. This all despite having to wear braces on his legs after knee and quad injuries suffered during the first week, which dashed his hopes for breaking Pharr Davis' record by four days and had him seriously thinking of quitting with just five days left to go, according to Runners' World."
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