I think that is a different hiker. This kid did it all on his own -- unsupported. His dad dropped him off at Whitney Portal, and then met him in Yosemite Valley.
You are correct -- I was thinking about the guy who broke the speed record for the PCT this year (56 or so days)
Anyway, such records don't interest me, so I am not sure what the other guy's name was, etc. I do remember that he mentioned not carrying a bear can, but it may have been because his friends carried the overnight food. Who knows, don't care.
