Information concerning this future pilgrimage is now up on my website.
First preparation period is May 13-16, 2008 (right before Trail Days).
Information concerning this future pilgrimage is now up on my website.
First preparation period is May 13-16, 2008 (right before Trail Days).
If you are interested in the 2010 AT Circle Expedition, the first preparation session is May 13-16 right before Damascus Trail Days.
More info at the website below.
Happy trails!
Warren
We're going to have from 20-25 Expedition hopefuls here May 13-16 for the first preparation session of the 2010 AT Circle Expedition.
Folks are coming from as far north as Maine/Michigan/Canada, as far south as Florida, and as far west as Texas.
Average age - 52
75% female 25% male
I'm excited about a new group forming.
For anyone else interested, info is on my website below.
20 folks from 13 states and Canada are presently arriving at Lees-McRae College for the start of the first prep session for the 2010 AT Circle Expedition tomorrow. About twelve are staying in our on-campus house and about five are tenting in our yard.
Exciting time being on the threshold of a dream.....
What is your maximum size?
SGT Rock
http://hikinghq.net
My 2008 Trail Journal of the BMT/AT
BMT Thru-Hikers' Guide
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NO SNIVELING
LOL, sorry. I meant how many people do you limit the circle too.
SGT Rock
http://hikinghq.net
My 2008 Trail Journal of the BMT/AT
BMT Thru-Hikers' Guide
-----------------------------------------
NO SNIVELING
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters...."
Opening quote: www.warrendoyle.com
Be proud of who you are!
There are no limits.
Whoever decides after a 20-day preparation period, over a 2-year period, that they want to commit to the expedition's mission/task, along with its three expectations, is eligible to join the circle.
Thanks Warren. I just assumed that you had some sort of optimal size limit.
Since we are at it, what was your biggest Circle size?
SGT Rock
http://hikinghq.net
My 2008 Trail Journal of the BMT/AT
BMT Thru-Hikers' Guide
-----------------------------------------
NO SNIVELING
The first expedition (1975 - 109 days) had nineteen people in it, mostly college students from the University of Connecticut. The circle was unbroken - we all made it.
Later, several members of this group formed the nucleus of the first group to walk both the PCT (1977) and the CDT (1984-I believe).
Hmm...support vehicle?? On the AT?
Well I suppose it is good you are providing a service doing something you love. The whole 75% women 25% men so far sounds like advertising though
There are road crossings along the AT. Through proper planning, discipline and about ten days of endurance hiking (including some night hiking), a person can day hike the entire trail.
This is not a service, it is a folk happening.
The present gender ratio for:
1) the 2010 AT Circle Expedition (hopefuls) 21 women 19 men
2) the Appalachian Trail Institute (May 19-22) 6 women 1 man
The above information is not advertising. They are just facts.
I would make sense to me that more women would seek a group to hike with than men, thus the ratios.
This has been asked (and ignored) before.
What, pray tell, is a "folk happening?"
I don't pretend to know. But I would guess we can take hints from the expressions, "folk songs" and "folk music." Do you suppose it might just be folks getting together and committing themselves to doing simple, but unusual, basic things together, like walking a long distance trail for months on end?
Weary
I don't "suppose" anything, Weary.
I'm not sure what the phrase is supposed to mean......which is why I asked the question.
Pretty close Weary.
The expedition is a labor of love that is non-commercial and non-institutional.
We had a wonderful, productive first day of prep for 20 Expedition hopefuls here at Lees-McRae College yesterday. We have 17 of them staying in our home/yard tonight.
Leaving at 5:30am to do two day hikes from Watauga Lake into Damascus.
Should be interesting.