NOBO 2006 Thru Hiker Roster

[Dirt Diva]

Dirt Diva and Compass Rose (both 27 year old females)
Home: North Carolina and Indiana
Start = April 1
miles/day = 10-20
ETA Katahdin - September/October
Reason - Section hiking is too slow. Time to finish what we started 3 years ago.

[cassyr]

Cassy - female 21. from Michigan
Start Date: approx April 15
# in party: 1
Miles/day: depends, probably an average of 15
off day: 1 day/week
ETA Katahdin: mid-september-ish-ness
Reason: "If you have to ask why people climb mountains, you wouldn't understand the answer anyway"

looking for hiking partners... is anyone else??

[jzango]

Ted - male, 64, south FL
Start date: Early March
# in party: 1
Miles/day: whatever the bod can tolerate
Off day: 1/every-other-week
ETA Katahdin: 6 mos.
Reason: Seems like a good use of student aid money

[reddog176]

Name: Kay, 19 and Chris, 22
# in Party: 2
Start Date: Early March from the Approach Trail (money permitting)
Miles/Day: Probably start very slow, work up to avg. 15
Off Day: Whenever something of interest calls for our time - we want to enjoy ourselves!
ETA Katahdin: Hopefully 7 months
Reason: Time for a Personal journey. I've wanted to do this since I was 8, now, just out of high school and before college seems the time, or else I'll have to wait another four years. I need to prove to myself I can do something this hard. The boyfriend was excited when I told him my plans - now he's coming, too!

[k4kam]

Name: John "K4KAM" Warne, Male, 62.
# in party: 1
Start Date: April 1st, 2006
Miles / Day: As the old body allows.
Off Days: Depends on the 62-year old carcass.
ETA Katahdin: Before Baxter Park Closes
Reason: My wife wants to remodel the kitchen next summer. 'Nuff said?

[BW2006]

BW2006 female, 44, NJ
Start Date- March/April 2006
# in party- 1 as of now (looking for one or two women to join me!)
Miles per Day- 8 to 10 start, 15-20 later on
Off Day-Whenever it works out
ETA Katahdin-I think I have to be out of Baxter by Oct 15th
Reason-Love the woods, it's a great challenge!!!

[BW2006]

Hey Cassyr, I'm 44, female and also looking for a partner, don't know if I can keep up with you but let me know if you want to talk. This is also my first experience with a forum so I don't know all the in's and out of it yet... BW2006

[Poke]

Poke - Male, 22, NY
Start Date - May 15 (Day after Graduation)
# in party - 4 (BandATs)
Miles/Day - 15 avg
Off Day - Every 10 days or so
ETA Katahdin - No later than Oct 15
Reason #452- It's now or never! Gitter Done Coonslick!

Hope everyone has fun, safe hiking. See you on the trail!

[SpookySpider77]

Jeremy and Tina (25/24)
# in Party: just the two of us
start date: March 15-20th
Miles: 8-12 to begin hoping to avg. 15
Off day(s): whenever we feel like it
Katahdin: when we get there
Why: We've wanted to do this for years and we finally can afford to disappear in the woods without any commitments to school and work.

[JimmyJen]

Jimmy -Male, 28 & Jen - Female 25
(no trail names as of 12/02/05)
Start date: Apirl 1st or 2nd
# in party: 2
Miles/day: ~10 - 20
Off day: ~1/wk.
ETA Katahdin: ~6 mos.

Can't wait. Hiking the approach up Springer Mtn. this weekend.

[jmitch]

Mitch - male, 20
Univeristy of Alabama (Roll Tide ) - Tuscaloosa, AL
Start date: March 1, NOBO
# in party: 1
Miles/day: 15+ once in shape
Off day: whenever needed
ETA Katahdin: Little less than six months (I have to go back to school in the fall)
Reason: humm, I guess cause its there

[FiveWay]

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio - Go Bucks
Start Date: March 7th
Finish; Mid August
Why: I have had a 5way bypass I want to prove that I can do it and I love backpacking.

[_boulder_]

boulder- male, 38
Start Date- March 1
# in party- just me
Miles/Day- 7-10 for a few weeks. Build up from there
off day- when i need one
ETA Katahdin- maybe august
Reason- i have to know and i have to try.

[freefall]

Start date: March 1st or a day or two earlier.
# in party: 1 currently
miles/day: 10/15
off day: 1 in 10
ETA Katahdin: when I get there around aug 1st

Reason: inner peace, complete the dream.

[Pedaling Fool]

J. Gault - Male, 41, FL


Start date: Early March 2006 (Not sure of day, probably 15/16th-ish)


# in party: Me

Miles/day: Will start slow for the first month (prevent injury). I plan to significantly increase mileage through Virginia, then will see...


Off day: 1-2 weeks (spread out)


ETA Katahdin: 5-6 mos.


Reason: I just retired from the U.S. Navy after 23 yrs, with less than 1 year of cumulative leave (vacation time) and WELL over 1 year deployed to various parts of the world. I need the time away from EVERYTHING to re-calibrate myself.
I am also an avid cyclist and plan to cycle across the U.S., sometime after 2006 GA>ME. After that I will (maybe) figure out what to do.

[justusryans]

I'm 41 too and don't know what I wanna do when I grow up!!

[drsukie]

Hi! My name is Sue - still working on the trail name...

I'll be 47 when I start NOBO in early April; I live outside ATL, and have done most of the GA AT, so I'll fill in the gaps this winter and start out from wherever that may lead me. I've already done the approach trail twice - not again!

# in party: 1
Miles/Day: 6-10 for starters, probably 15+ when ready
Off day: any time I need it
ETA Katahdin: 6 mos.
Reason: Selling my practice (chiropractor) and condo, and will be moving west to buy a new one sometime after this long-held dream!

"there is no price too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself" - R. Kipling

[von Pepper]

von Pepper - male, 35, Michigan
Start date: late March or early April
# in party: 1
Miles/day: 10 - 20
Off day: 1/wk.
ETA Katahdin: 6 mos.
Reason: Need a long walking meditation. Need to escape cubicle hell. Need to have a adventure. Need time to ponder.

[wildernessman]

CHad-male, 23 Leigh Ann-female, 28-- Indianapolis, IN
Start Date: March 23 or 24
# in party: 2
miles day: 7-10 first few weeks---12-20 the rest of the way
off day: once a week
ETA Katahdin: 5-6 months
Reason: I had never even really known anything about the AT until this August, and ever since then I can't stop thinking about it. Im being drawn to it by some unknown force

[papabear]

Steffan - 34 male ~ Burbank, CA
# in Party: Anyone else on trail, myself, and Mother Nature
Start Date: January 1st, 2006 (experienced cold weather expd's)
Miles per Day: 7-10 first few weeks (as blisters accrue)
Off Day - As needed for gear changes, mail coordinations and wife drops.
ETA Katahdin: May 15th - June 1st

Reason: Because Chris Botti seems to look an awful lot like Sting's illigitimate child? I don't know, I'm sure that there are a thousand reasons.

Email me if you have any questions, comments or concerns.