Not sure how plausible this is but my lease runs up at the end of January so I'm thinking of working my way up the Florida Trail before heading to the AT. I've done quite a bit of backpacking on the FT so I'm pretty used to the conditions and I've done a couple of hundred miles on the AT. Not sure how far I'll get but I guess we'll find out. I just don't want to start the AT too early and get snowed in. I don't have a lot of winter hiking experience so I feel it's better to spend the time further south training.