What a trip. My two favorite phrases: "Day one, Portal to Mather" and "bear-in-th-woods".
And yes, the supported record fell this year, too, to Leor Pantilat, only 3:24 faster than Bentz. Both amazing deeds, but Bentz's, at less than 3 1/2 hours behind the guy who had that whole team, has got to be considered by far the greater achievement.