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Article: 'Cave Dog' hits trail in pursuit of record.(Sports)(Ted Keizer makes a second attempt to conquer a 272-mile Vermont route)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2004
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Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard
They don't call it a grudge match, but speed hiking champion Ted "Cave Dog" Keizer and his "Dog Team" support crew have something to prove.
Last year, the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the country chewed up Keizer, a Coos Bay native, and spit him out in rain-soaked pieces, while fate in the form of failing phone lines and a broken down vehicle thrashed the Dog Team and sent them all home, tails between legs.
This year, they're back undaunted.
At 4:15 a.m. Wednesday, Keizer began his second attempt to hike the 272-mile trail through Vermont's Green Mountains faster than anybody else.
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