Congratulations! I've checked you Instagram, amazing photos! I feel something like nostalgia looking at them..
I love hearing a long time section hiker announce that he/she has finished. As a section hiker myself I can appreciate the commitment involved in hiking the AT in sections over many years. I often times think it's actually harder than doing a thru due to the multi-year grind of using vacation time, staying in shape, logistics, etc. But hey, if we section hikers didn't love hiking we wouldn't be out there right?
Anyway, congratulations on this awesome achievement.
I'm at 1,831 miles and hoping to finish in the next couple of years myself.
AT: 2007-2019 (45 sections)
JMT: 2013
Well done, LuckyMan!
It sounds like you did the bulk of your section hiking in the past five or six years? So you must've been a LASHer. If you have time tell us a few things: your longest section? your favorite section? the hardest section? the toughest thing(s) you encountered? did you start out with the idea of completing the trail?
Thru Hikers are in a different league than I am. So are you LASHers! I'm a SASHer (Short-RearEnd-Section-Hiker). In 11 years, I've made it from Springer to The Scales in Grayson Highlands. 500 miles down and 1500 to go. I hope there is time for me to complete the trail but I won't ever have big blocks of time to commit to hundreds of miles a year. So I've gotta live to about 115, I suppose.
This SASHer envies your accomplishment while still enjoying the journey.
Congrats! Always encouraging to hear a fellow section hiker announce their completion of the trail.
It's all good in the woods.
Congratulations. I'm glad you finished!
congrats....................................!
Always a great accomplishment regardless of how long it takes.
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In the unlikely event that I ever accumulate the whole Trail in my log book, I'll have quite the history of clueless weekending - I first did the Harriman/Bear Mountain section in 1967.
Congratulations!
I always know where I am. I'm right here.
Luckyman and Rainman: Thank you for the inspiration! For us section-hikers desiring to complete the AT, it is often difficult to think we can finish it. I have over 950 completed, and hope to finish in another six years, not that I hike about 200+ a year...
CONGRATULATIONS to BOTH of YOU!!!!
I'm glad for you, and it gives me hope that my wife and I just might finish the AT someday too.
I've hiked the C+O and GAP from end to end. It's a very easy walk with a lot of history along the way.
Talk to the locals, go into the visitor centers, there's a lot to learn along the way.
Congrats! You kept your GAOL in mind. SWEET
Congratulations! I'm on the 20+ year plan myselfEnjoy the C&O - I love that path, especially with a bike.
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
Congratulations!!
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Good job finishing!
I took 40 years, starting in 1974 at age 17, finished in 2014 at 58. The trail changed for me as I matured. Great experience.
This is a point I’ve never heard anyone bring up before...and an excelent one at that! Kudos.Originally Posted by RockDoc
Nice job left right left
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