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I'm 18, starting April 27th

Do it! I graduated last June and am planning on starting my thru hike at the end of April. I'm currently traveling independently in Asia, which has been pretty amazing, but I'm really looking forward...

I'm not starting until April 29th/30th and it sounds like you'll be on the trail long before then but if you do end up starting that late, let me know! :)

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haha okay I was confused for a minute. I'm still on the fence about whether I want to do the approach trail or not. Since we're driving down from DC the day or so before, I'm thinking about doing it...

Sounds good fo me. Once I settle into a pace, I don't like to interrupt it much. Are you planning on doing the approach trail?
I'll check out the fb group too.
takethisbread, thanks for the...

For planning purposes, I've been using the 15 mi/day itinerary from this site. I think 15-17 sounds good, but of course I'm saying that as I sit behind my computer. It may be more like 12 -15....

Oh I'm definitely hiking! I meant I probably won't try to get to Trail Days! haha half my stuff is already labeled with Cricket too, so that's a plus :)

I'm starting around April 30th and planning on finishing (wherever I am on the trail) around mid-late September which seems to be about your speed?

No trail name yet. I was an outdoors camp counselor for several years and my "camp name" was Cricket, so I was thinking of maybe using that because I'm used to it but we'll see :)

I probably...

hey!
I'm also 18/female and I also took a gap year.
I'm starting my northbound hike on/around April 30th. Same set of skills/amount of experience as you and same parental concerns :)
Maybe we'll...

My only deadline is that I have to be at college orientation by the last week of September. My goal is really just to get as far as I can. I'm leaning against flip-flopping, although I have thought...

Great idea. I'm sure she'll love the mother-daughter time too :)

Maybe this is too much to ask, but do you know a point on the trail (somewhere reasonably near Harper's Ferry) where hikers would...

Hello all,
I'm 18, just wanted to see if anyone else was planning on starting as (relatively) late as I am. Worried mother, y'know. I would start earlier but I'm currently in Malaysia and won't even...