Hey guys my name is Chad, I'm from New Hampshire, and dream of doing the Appalachian Trail someday with my 2 buddies.
We are college freshman and will be starting in the fall, all of us are 18 years old and thinking about the best time to attempt a thru-hike.
We have two options:
Plan A: Wait until after graduation in May of 2020. We would not start our Northbound hike until April 2021.
Plan B: Take off fall semester of junior year and do it early May of 2018, then finish our degrees one semester late.

What are your thoughts on this, hikers?

Chad