The gear section of this post raises a question. What are the defining differences between set-ups; nordic, light-touring, touring, alpine-touring (AT), and randonee?

Any insight is much appreciated.

Congrats to all Sunlight competitors and organizers!!

Can you please do an interview with Jimmy Faust? Gear, training, experiences during the 24hrs, comparison of the Elk Mtn Traverse vs 24hrs of Sunlight, etc.

Thanks, Edgar

Lou- The gear didn’t ruin me, it was the stomach 12 hrs in. I’ll echo Andrew’s comment… biggest problem for me was ultimately keeping food down. My mantra was eat early and eat often. Maybe over did it on the eating and just couldn’t process the amount of calories, and brought it back up. Body just shut down.

I’ll be back next year on Dynafit gear! The NNN BC gear certainly couldn’t mach down the slope, but up hill performance was similar. For the minimal weight difference (only several ounces vs the winners gear) Rando race gear is the winner here. Whose got a size 12 F1/ TLT Race boot for sale!?

I was surprised that I was able to get in 35,000+ feet, and in retrospect, had I known that 40 was possible, I might have strategized a bit harder. My main issue was keeping food down, and if I was to do it again, I’d put most of my effort into finding edible solids or soups. Lisa made a mean potato gruel with butter that hit the spot, but it was very easy to OD on the sweet stuff, like Stingers, bars, etc..

I don’t think I could handle more than one of these a year, but would highly recommend it to anyone who is thinking of trying it. If anything, it helps with that nagging question what your biggest day of vert ever was!