NOBO May 21: Too late?

[egilbe]

Met a bunch of NOBO thru hikers who left April 1st, cranking out 30 mile days, looking to be done in June. You should be fine to finish by Oct.

Who wants to hike in rotten snow in vt, nh and Maine? June finish is hiking in snow in a lot of the mountains in New England.

[Airman]

Don't understand why anyone would rush the trail. You will miss so much.

[luckythirteen]

I'll be out there among all late start thru hikers! Can't wait.

[scope]

Someone mentioned getting some New England fall in and that's always been on my mind. I've always thought that I might do a flippity flop, which is my term for double flip... start late, say in the Smokies headed Nobo, flip around at some point to Baxter and head Sobo to get through the Whites in early Sept and the rest of NE in late Sept early Oct. Then flip again back to the southern section to complete the AT to Springer and into Amicalola (might as well, right?) during late fall early winter.