We were surprised and impressed to learn about the TMB ultra marathon with athletes finishing the trail in under 24 hours. We on the other hand, gave ourselves 12 days. This was challenging enough for us and allowed for some down time here and there as needed. In retrospect, 8 or 9 days would have been plenty, especially had there not been all the snow we had to work around. We, for the most part, were the most leisurely paced group we met- and we were fine with that. We briefly met a pair of brothers who were wrapping up a four day circuit- they had ice picks and crampons and were practically jogging. They were from the area, though, and knew their way through the snowy passes where the trail is nowhere to be seen.
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