2024 Supported14er Speed Record- Francis

[Phill the Thrill]

Sorry about the health issues, Drew. Great effort! Hope to see you making a run at this record again next summer!

[rmcpherson]

Amazing effort Drew! I hope the MCL issue isn't as severe as you fear, and you heal up soon. Looking forward to your next attempt.

[bdloftin77]

Great effort, Drew! Thanks for posting and letting us follow along. I hope you heal up quickly.

[climbingcue]

Great effort, Drew! Thanks for posting and letting us follow along. I hope you heal up quickly.

100 % agree, thank you.

[cbailey284]

Great Effort Drew, You will come back next time stronger than before and continue to do great things!

[daway8]

Very impressive performance - you still banged out more than a lot of people do in an entire season - that's impressive in and of itself even if your body didn't corporate long enough to get a new FKT.

Hope you heal up quickly!

[Pcypher]

Great run at the record Drew! Heal up quickly. You are impressive and we will all be here again next time rooting you on! You are clearly made for this! Way to give it 100% !!!

[glenmiz]

Way to go Drew! Hope you get back to full speed soon and take another shot.

I'll send stats when I have internet service.

[susanjoypaul]

Stunning effort...Heck, stunning accomplishment! I don't know how anyone can move this fast.

He posted a message at 5:40 am saying "I'm stopping right here." His blog said that he was experiencing some fluid on the lungs the past couple of days.

Weren't Andrew and Andrea having lung/breathing issues a few days ago too? I understand how the physical demands, possible dehydration, lack of oxygen, etc. can have this kind of effect, but I don't recall anyone having these problems on earlier attempts. Of course, I may have missed a post. Is there something in the air this year?

[Briere]

Stunning effort...Heck, stunning accomplishment! I don't know how anyone can move this fast.

He posted a message at 5:40 am saying "I'm stopping right here." His blog said that he was experiencing some fluid on the lungs the past couple of days.

Weren't Andrew and Andrea having lung/breathing issues a few days ago too? I understand how the physical demands, possible dehydration, lack of oxygen, etc. can have this kind of effect, but I don't recall anyone having these problems on earlier attempts. Of course, I may have missed a post. Is there something in the air this year?

If I recall correctly I think the same symptoms were roughly shown from Drew and Chris last year. Not 100% certain but fairly

[adamjm]

Weren't Andrew and Andrea having lung/breathing issues a few days ago too? I understand how the physical demands, possible dehydration, lack of oxygen, etc. can have this kind of effect, but I don't recall anyone having these problems on earlier attempts. Of course, I may have missed a post. Is there something in the air this year?

I think Chris quit on his 2023 attempt due to HAPE or something close to it. Both of Brett Maune's attempts (2014/2015?) were stopped due to lung issues as well.

[Phill the Thrill]

Stunning effort...Heck, stunning accomplishment! I don't know how anyone can move this fast.

He posted a message at 5:40 am saying "I'm stopping right here." His blog said that he was experiencing some fluid on the lungs the past couple of days.

Weren't Andrew and Andrea having lung/breathing issues a few days ago too? I understand how the physical demands, possible dehydration, lack of oxygen, etc. can have this kind of effect, but I don't recall anyone having these problems on earlier attempts. Of course, I may have missed a post. Is there something in the air this year?

These are classic signs of HAPE, not surprising considering the extreme physical effort and extended time at high elevation. Unfortunately, the only remedy is to stop the effort and come back down to lower elevations where us mortals operate.