OK...let's try it again
Trail Name: will earn one on the trail....
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: April 5, 2009
Approach Trail - i'll do it...depends really on the rest of my party.
I.....CAN'T.....WAIT!
OK...let's try it again
Trail Name: will earn one on the trail....
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: April 5, 2009
Approach Trail - i'll do it...depends really on the rest of my party.
I.....CAN'T.....WAIT!
Trail Name: N/A
Direction: NOBO
Est Start Date: March 1st
Approach Trail: why not
Trail Name Zax
Direction NOBO
Estimated Start Date 3/18/09
Approach Trail - Absolutely
Looking forward to a nice long stroll through the woods!
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
-Robert Loius Stevenson
Trail Names: Tagless and Tagalong
Direction: NB
Estimated Start Date: March 1
Approach Trail - Probably not - Already have that under our belt
Any additional info: Tagalong (Connie) and I (Dane), in our late fifties and recently retired, have been happily married for 34 years. We can't wait to join the Class of 2009!!
Trail Name: Goosegrass (for now)
Direction: Nobo
Estimated Start Date: 10/17 March
Approach Trail: Yes (9/16 March)
Goosegrass
Trail Name: TBD
Direction: South
Start Date: 3/14/08
Approach Trail: Yes
Trail name: Nest
NOBO
Probably starting March 1 again if I can leave the AYCE at Amacalola this time.
No approach unless I can't get a ride to the FS road.
Trail Name: Springer mtn. Ga
Estimated time: 10 March
Approach Trail: Probably
Meet some new peoples on the way and make some friends, see the world in a different way,
hope to see ya,,,,
Trail Name: nothin' yet
Direction: sobo
Estimated Start Date: July 1
Approach Trail - yes, I think? Is this just in reference to the Springer Mountain approach?
I'll be graduating college mid-May, then a part of my buddy's wedding mid-late June, then hitting the trail right after that. God I'm itching for it and excited already, and I've still got a year to go.
Trail Name: none yet
Direction: NOBO
Start Date: March sometime
Approach Trail - Think so
Can't wait! Looking forward to meeting all of you on the trail!
Oops, sorry, didn't realize we were going for exact dates here. March 15 for me!
Trail Name: SurferNerd
Direction: NoBo
Estimated Start Date: 04/01
Approach Trail: Yes
Been planning since June '07
Hammock Hanger
Section Hiker
Nature Lover
i have been wanting to do this for about 7 years now. i did an end to end hike on the long trail in vermont in 05. i diddnt tell my co-workers yet. (i dont feel like answering a million questions) my family knows but isnt very supportive. it doesnt matter. IM GOING!!!
[quote=mountain squid;634120]The Class of 2009 Forum is open, so I will start working on the Class of 2009 spreadsheet. Time to make your plans official by registering (no turning back now).
Trail Name: BlindMoose
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: Mid Feb >Mar 1
Approach Trail - yes
Trail Name: TBD
Direction: NOBO from Harpers Ferry then flip SOBO from Harpers Ferry
Estimated start date: Mid May
Get to hike with NOBO hikers and SOBO hikers--best of both worlds
Hello class of '09!
Trail Name: Lops
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: Beginning of March
Approach Trail: Yes...in it for the long haul!
Additional Info:
Hope to see some of you there!
Trail Name: TBD (but likely going to be Cephalopod)
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: late March/early April depending on a few factors
Approach Trail - yes
This is my first attempt to thru-hike the trail, so wish me luck!
I'm from Charlotte and this is my first time attempting this challenge. But I am crazy determined to do this because I have to finished to have something exciting happen during my time on this earth. I'm also looking for someone who is DETERMINED to finish so that I can have some conversation during THOSE nights in the woods. Let me know what you think. Right now I'm in Pittsburgh ,PA but will be moving back to Charlotte at the end of august.