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Hey fellow Hoosiers! We have a similar plan when we start our thru hike on the 13th of March. The knobstone is a great trail (minus the no water issue), but my Hoosier favorite it the AHT. The...

Gear list with pictures is in the works. As far as tearing it apart, like my wife said, we already do over and over again! We have 2 children so our list will be unique and most of our gear is...

P.s On our webpage there is one small tab that says "sponsor" a mile. We have never ASKED anyone for anything. The sponsorship is never mentioned in any post or blog. I am almost in tears writing...

I am part of the drainwater family being discussed here. Our intention of allowing others to help support our hike is not about money, period. I feel mortified that we have been misunderstood and our...

http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/family-to-hike-appalachian-trail

The link is to a story our local station did on our hike.

Welcome and best of luck to you all! We are hiking the trail in 51days from now, and while are children are not speacial needs like all children they will probably have special needs on the trail....

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We have a website at Rainwater2012.com and a Face book page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rainh2os-2012-APPALACHIAN-TRAIL-THRU-HIKE. We will be journaling/posting on the facebook page because it is...

I have a 3rd grader (my son) that will be hiking the trail starting March 13th.

Thanks for the replies!

I know there are lot's of opinions on this but, is there anyone with thru hiking experience that has an opinion on this? I typically wear running shoes when I'm doing the weekend warrior backpacking...

I don't exactly know when we will pass through Hanover, but we are starting this March the 13th. We are a family of four that will be leaving everything behind and attempting our first thru-hike! ...

My wife and I will both be in our early 40's for the hike, with one teenager and a 10 year old. Likey we may be in the minoruty of hikers.

Looking forward to sharing the trail with peeps of all...

I have four hikers to be included in the 2012 thru hiker registry! None of us have trail names yet so, for now we are Dean, Lisa, Forest, and River Rainwater. Our sons will be 16 and 10 on the hike! ...

I am an RN, hiking in 2012. We are starting March 15th or so. I would be willing to give you your shots, but as others havesss mentioned, it is unlikely we will be hiking the same pace for 6+ months.

I wanted to say hello to all the fellow 2012 hikers in planning/dreaming/saving modes.
2012 has been on my radar for a couple of years now. We WILL be starting our NOBO thru around March 15ish. ...

Thank you, I can't wait to read the journal!

My solo 2012 thru hike has morphed into my family joining me. I am excited about them joining me and the impact the trail experience may have on them. Hiking will be myself, my wife, and our two boys...