Hey just a shout out to see if there's anyone planning a 2016 thru hike yet I'd go now but I gotta ride out my contract wit the USMC first... Hope to see u guys on the trsil!
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Hey just a shout out to see if there's anyone planning a 2016 thru hike yet I'd go now but I gotta ride out my contract wit the USMC first... Hope to see u guys on the trsil!
I may, however, I have no class.
It's nice to see someone else out here that is years away. I'm planning on 2018 when I plan on retiring. At least for 6 months while I hike the AT. Just joined the forum to start learning.
Thts good to hear hooz ur retiring and ill just be starting !
I was planning on 2014, but I am just starting a new job that I had been trying to land for awhile. I will probably have to wait before asking for a leave of absence!! I will plan for 2916, that will give me time to really try out my own dehydrated foods and ultra lite gear. I'm an older woman, so the less weight on my back the better. I'm super excited about this hike!! Until I get on the AT I
Will be hiking a lot in the Sawtooth mountains in Idaho.
If I get fired and get a divorce then I'm in! Rah!
Just tell your boss and/or wife that you ARE going on the Trail in 2016, so they can just shut their pie-holes. Guaranteed that you will be fired and divorced with the added bonus of losing everything, so you don't have to be worried about a lot of gear, as your ex- will have taken everything. :eek:
Just kiddin' - I'm in for 29 Feb 2016 - try #2. Gear getting bought and gear weight is coming down - bills getting paid - wife coming to grips with the 2nd attempt - boss already notified and agreed to it.
Keep in touch everyone.
2016 is my plan. Waiting until i graduate to head out.
Either 2016 or 2017. I just started grad school again, but I *should* be done in three years instead of the four I thought I would be in for. It may mean a later start in 2016 or holding off until 2017.
I'm southbound out of Maine plan is Aug 1 redo the Big K and then keep going till Christmas Eve or Springer Mountain .Looking forward !
I assume you mean 2016? If so, that is my goal as well. My son is graduating high school in 2015 and it is my plan to hit the trail the year after. So I do not consider myself "older" but I guess I am not really a spring chicken either. Please email me if you are interested in keeping in touch to prepare to start around the same time. [email protected]
1000 DAYS to start date ; that is Aug 1 2016 Celtic Walker my Black Lab {currently 17 weeks old}& I will start in Maine heading south. He already has done 4 milers in Maine
SOBO 2016 here.....see you all on trail.
I'll be there!
I can retire in Sept 2017 so I plan on attempting a thru-hike in the spring of 2018!
Looking like SOBO 2017 here. But you never know. 2016 may happen...happy either way.
I was planning on a 2017, but I just found out I'll be graduating in December of 2015. So hopefully I can make it in 2016! Can't wait!!
It's 2016 for me as well, since this year is out of the question and next year is the JMT. Leaning towards SOBO but might have to do NOBO because of starting/ending date convenience.
I am going in 2016 Starting in early march. Trail name will be Safeway
As long as the wife and I don't have a new child I'm planning on and April 1 NOBO in 2016.
I am planning a Feb/March NOBO in 2016.
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I am going March 21st by the way Semper Fi coming from a FMF Corpsman.
I'm likely for 2016. Working my kid's way through college now.
Wow, I at first thought that stating to plan this far out would be seen as strange. I guess if it is, I at least have company. I will be retired. In my case my wife is very supportive though when I asked her if she wanted to hike it with me, she asked me how far. I said 2000 miles and change to which she replied " You're crazy, I don't even want to drive that far". In any case, I am aiming at March 2016 start, give or take a couple of weeks depending. I will start slow, partly because I am no spring chicken and partly because I know myself, if I don't pound that into my head I will start trying to go too fast, get hurt, and start planning all over again.
I am planning a 2016 northbound thruhike. I promised the wife I wouldn't go solo, so would love to connect now with anyone interested in coordinating/hiking together. Doesn't literally need to be side by side, but something that puts worried wives minds at ease. PM me if interested!
I'll be hitting the trail sometime early March in 2016. I graduate in December which gives me a couple months to prepare mentally. I can't wait, it's all I think about. All I'm doing from now until then is learning as much as I can about the trail.
I'm planning to leave late March 2016, finishing university is first on the list, and then working at my current student-job for a few months to get the necessary funds. Flights to the states are so expensive, it just adds another month.
2016 is my plan... let's see how that works.
2016 is my plan! Hope to catch you guys! :clap
2016 is my plan as well...!
I was gonna go in 2017 but now im thinking 2016
Fingers crossed for heading south June 2016 and seeing how far I can go.
Planning a 2016 NOBO attempt. Gathering gear now, no date picked yet.
I am hoping to go in 2016, start date TBD.
I'm starting my NOBO hike a bit later in the year probably around mid May 2016 after I graduate from grad school.
I sent you a PM