2010 hiker sightings

[mountain squid]

Last Sunday at Kincora was surprised to see a SOBO.

Spaz McGee has been enduring the elements, but did have a few hours to enjoy the Super Bowl. Hope Spaz Mcgee wasn't caught in the Roans during this terrible weather.

Good Luck all!!! See you when you get up this way!

See you on the trail,
mt squid

Just to let everyone know: when I encounter someone on the trail, I ask their permission to post here. When you meet a hiker you might also ask them if they mind. There might be a few that don't want their whereabouts known.

[mountain squid]

Yesterday after finishing a day of blow down removal we were hiking back to the truck. At Doll Flats I found some YakTrax on the ground, apparentely they had fallen off someone's pack.

Last night I got a call from Kincora, the owner of the YakTrax had made it to Kincora that day. I agreed to meet in town today and return the YakTrax to .....

Trek

Trek has survived the Roan Highlands. He has snow shoes so he didn't miss the YakTrax much. Evidently there is still ALOT of snow in the Roan Highlands. The foot path is still not visible and he had a hard time following the trail, especially where we relocated the trail around Little Hump (he was unfamiliar with the relocation). He mentioned only seeing about a foot of the posts with blazes on them. The posts are 6 feet long, so that is ALOT of snow.


We didn't make it to the top of Hump yesterday while searching for blowdowns. There was easily 3 feet of snow when we turned around.

Be extra careful out there. Trek suggested to bring extra food when going through the Highlands just in case.

See you on the trail,
mt squid

[sasquatch2014]

Thanks for doing this Squid. I don't figure I will have many early birds this year up here in NY but I have been seeing a lot of section hikers out. Maybe allthe snow to the south and north and squeezing them into the middle

[mountain squid]

Well, I reckon they will start trickling through down here. Having survived the Smokies and the Roan Highlands, the following hikers are hanging out at Kincora (just in time for a freeze tonite):

Mike
Hollywood (username = Trailbender)
Thinker

They said there is still snow on top of Roan, but apparently it is melting quickly now, leaving a river of water. As I understood, the 'river' is actually under packed snow/ice. Be careful.

See you on the trail,
mt squid

[mountain squid]

Out doing some maintenance on my section, South of Moreland Gap Shelter, met the following hikers:

Ten Fidy
Groom
Shakes
Reverend
Big Fork
Little Spoon
Hitchcock
Bull Dog

It was a great weather day!

See you on the trail,
mt squid

[mtnkngxt]

Spent the night at Wise shelter with Blue Moon and Bloodhound last night.

[mountain squid]

Yesterday at Kincora:

Thin Mint
Rainbow Monkey
Lab Rat
South Paw
AD
Creepy
Moose (3/31)
Willie Walker

Today at TN91:

Love it or Leave it
Knight Crawler
Kashmir
Green Dog

Nice weather today. No more snow at the Osborne Farm.

See you on the trail,
mt squid

[Hoop Time]

Didn't write down the names, but I was in the vicinity of the Scott Farm today and stopped to take a look at the register. Appears three through-hikers have passed through Pa.'s Cumberland Valley already. Saw two hikers heading down through the fields just south of the farm as I was leaving, but don't know if they were throughs or just section hikers.

[mountain squid]

Trail Maint today on Pond Flats getting ready for Hard Core, saw the following hikers wander by:

Pony Tail Dave (4/1)
KingKrawler (TJ)
Veto
Jay-B
Slinky
Dickle
Crunch Wrap
Sparky

See you on the trail (and at Trail Days),
mt squid

[sasquatch2014]

Didn't write down the names, but I was in the vicinity of the Scott Farm today and stopped to take a look at the register. Appears three through-hikers have passed through Pa.'s Cumberland Valley already. Saw two hikers heading down through the fields just south of the farm as I was leaving, but don't know if they were throughs or just section hikers.

I'll be keeping an eye out for them the last year or so the first thrus's have passed through in the first week of may or so this year i expected it to be closer to the end of the month due to the heavy snow early on.

[adamkrz]

I don't remember the names but it appears that at least 3 thru hikers had logged in at the Tom Leonard shelter in Southern Mass. when I was there on thursday 4-29.

[sasquatch2014]

I don't remember the names but it appears that at least 3 thru hikers had logged in at the Tom Leonard shelter in Southern Mass. when I was there on thursday 4-29.

Really that seems extra early but i still would not be surprised. If you come across names I would love to know them to see what they wrote in the logs down here.

[mountain squid]

Checking out my section today. North of Moreland Gap Shelter saw the following hikers:

Jibitz (4/2)
Yoga Matt (3/31)
Heads Up (3/30)
Buckaroo
Magnet
Landfill (4/2)
School Bus
Ron
Wolf Pack
Stumble Wolf
Little Aspen
Toothpick

See you on the trail (and at Trail Days),
mt squid

[Hoop Time]

No names, but sounds like at least 8-10 through-hikers have passed through the Cumberland Valley at this point. In addition to the three I saw last week in the register at the Scott Farm, a guy named "Jeff" (no trail name), who I talked to yesterday at the Clarks Ferry Shelter said there were several right behind him (he is going Harpers Ferry to Katahdin after doing Springer to Harpers Ferry last year) and at the Doyle after my hike, Pat and Vickey said four passed through Duncannon Friday. There were two others staying there last night, but I am not sure if they were section hikers or through-hikers.

[sasquatch2014]

I didn't see him no do I know the name at this point but I got a message from a fellow maintainer who has the section just south of me that he had a GaMe pass through on the 29th. The fellow said he had started in Feb.

[Nature Boy]

Started the trail Jan. 30 and now am in New Hampshire. No other thru-hikers up here that
I am aware of. Anyone seen or heard from Trek?? Alot of people asking me about him. Does anybody know of any other thru-hikers close to me?? Lots of mud and standing water on the trail. Killington got 12" of snow a few days ago. Snow levels around 3,000 feet or so. Heading up Moosilauke tomorrow.

Nature Boy

[brotheral]

Started the trail Jan. 30 and now am in New Hampshire. No other thru-hikers up here that
I am aware of. Anyone seen or heard from Trek?? Alot of people asking me about him. Does anybody know of any other thru-hikers close to me?? Lots of mud and standing water on the trail. Killington got 12" of snow a few days ago. Snow levels around 3,000 feet or so. Heading up Moosilauke tomorrow.

Nature Boy

Welcome aboard Nature Boy... Sorry i can't help with your inquiry, but I'll say a prayer for your continued success....

[sasquatch2014]

Glad to hear you are doing ok I hope you enjoy the rest of your hike. Try to leave some of the Black flies for the rest of the folks to come.

[Monkeywrench]

I didn't see him no do I know the name at this point but I got a message from a fellow maintainer who has the section just south of me that he had a GaMe pass through on the 29th. The fellow said he had started in Feb.

I met ToeMan (?) at the NJ/NY line the afternoon of 4/23. He said he had started in February. He said he thought there was one other thru ahead of him, and that he thought the guy ahead of him had skipped the Smokies due to the snow, and perhaps some other sections.

Remembering my thru-hiker appetite, I gave him half of the grinder I was packing for the evening meal.

[sasquatch2014]

I met ToeMan (?) at the NJ/NY line the afternoon of 4/23. He said he had started in February. He said he thought there was one other thru ahead of him, and that he thought the guy ahead of him had skipped the Smokies due to the snow, and perhaps some other sections.

Remembering my thru-hiker appetite, I gave him half of the grinder I was packing for the evening meal.

That could have been the same guy would be close to the right timeframe.