Anyone want to hike from Key West to Katahdin with me?

[queenjord]

I was planning for around Jan 1 or earlier in order to get to the start of the AT at a decent time, may try to hike all the way into CA if I'm fast enough to beat the cold. Will need to hike long days. There is the Florida
Keys Overseas trail, then roadwalking to the Florida Trail, then a whole lot of road walk. I hear the FT is pretty intense and the machineel tree and gators are getting into my head at the moment ..So one idea is to hike the FL trail up to white springs, then roadwalk to springer. Another idea is hiking along the coast of FL , turning nearly the whole thing into a roadwalk. Looking to form a group! Or people to hike sections with. Any help is appreciated!

[T.S.Kobzol]

Is this a paid position ? :-)

[Slo-go'en]

Good luck. Nothing sucks more then a long road walk in the hot sun, breathing exhaust fumes, dodging trucks and distracted drivers.

A better (and much faster) way to do something like that is on a bicycle. There is something called the "East Coast Green way" which is a bike path from the Keys to near the Canadian boarder on the coast of Maine. It connects various "rail to trail" and bike paths into a more or less continues path.

[Venchka]

Back in the Stone Age I read a book. A real book printed on paper. Written by a young man who hiked across the USA. On roads. I think he spent 3 years to complete the journey. He stopped for winters and worked to earn money for the next section.
Trail runners won't last on roads or road shoulders.
Key West to Maine by bicycle is more realistic.
Wayne

[rhjanes]

Nimblewill Nomad did it.....Wrote a book about it (I think)

https://nimblewillnomad.com/about/

[queenjord]

Super helpful thanks! I'll check that out

[queenjord]

Thanks for the biking idea...
I'm willing to suffer, like the heat, and can change shoes often. I'm not letting the idea go yet :P

[queenjord]

Is this a paid position ? :-)

hows $1 a day haha!

[MuddyWaters]

I met a guy once at a campground that was retired, and spent his time walking around US. He seemed to enjoy it immensely.

Id rather not be on roads myself

[jefals]

I'm scared of bears but I'm a lot more scared of drivers!

[backtrack213]

Guy by the name of Jupiter hiked the from Canada to the Keys last year would be good to contact him. He did a decent amount of road walking but he also hiked the pinhotti trail between Florida trail and Springer as well as probably another trail or two between. Search Jupiterhikes in google his blog will come up

[Old Hiker]

Guy named Stumpknocker has done the FT and the AT several (?) times. Trail journals dot com has his journals.

Good luck.

[middle to middle]

This is very goood advice !

Good luck. Nothing sucks more then a long road walk in the hot sun, breathing exhaust fumes, dodging trucks and distracted drivers.

A better (and much faster) way to do something like that is on a bicycle. There is something called the "East Coast Green way" which is a bike path from the Keys to near the Canadian boarder on the coast of Maine. It connects various "rail to trail" and bike paths into a more or less continues path.

[Mr. Bumpy]

I wonder if you would want to use some of Adventure Cycling/Bike Centennial's east coast routes for your road walking.

https://www.adventurecycling.org

[Mr. Bumpy]

There is also a developing route that uses rail trail that crosses SC from maybe Savannah or Charleston up to Greenville. Palmetto Trail? Connect that to the foothills trail, bartram trail, to the AT.

[HopOnTheTrail]

I'm planning on doing the same thing! I follow a few people on Instagram...one is jupiterhikes and he did it last year SOBO...another guy jrbordash is going NOBO this year but he's going all the way to Canada. But yeah...my plan is to start in key west on January 1st. Sticking to the Florida trail, some road walking to get to alabama's Benton McKay trail, the pinhoti trail which goes from Alabama into Georgia and I believe right to springer mtn. My dog, Kevin, will be joining me about halfway through Florida (what with all the critters in the south, I don't wanna take that risk with him). I would love to talk to you more!

[martinb]

I need to update my bucket list.

[Lugnut]

Walk across America by Peter Jenkins?

[Dogwood]

BMT doesn't go into Alabama. It does connect with the pinhole though.

Did this but in sections with only a minimal road walking as Nimble will Nomad did it 90 plus percent on named trail. Roadway king from KW to Mt katahdin is something entirely different than what Nimble will or myself did.

[Dogwood]

Not pinhole Pinhoti Tr.