'The scale of it blows me away' - Lachlan Morton eclipses 160-year-old Pony Express record by more than 19 hours in adventure across eight US states

Neither cold nor darkness nor tropical storm detained Lachlan Morton , as he rolled into Sacramento, California at 11:19 p.m. PDT on Sunday night and completed his Pony Express 1,998-mile (3,217-kilometre) adventure in six days, 21 hours and 15 minutes. He eclipsed a 160-year-old record held by riders on horseback by 19 hours and 45 minutes. The Pony Express record of a one-way, nearly 2,000-mile journey was completed in seven days and 17 hours with a relay system of daring men, changed every 150 miles or so, on horses, swapped every 10-15 miles.