A new type of hike?

[Harpy]

Has anyone heard of someone going nobo from start to finish, then going sobo, back to where they started? Doubling their time and miles? I've been considering doing this and wondered if anyone has done it!

[4eyedbuzzard]

Yo-yo's aren't common, but aren't anything new.

[Wyoming]

On the AT it has probably been done several dozen times.

On the CDT only once I believe.

On the PCT once that I know of but likely a few times at least.

On the AZT once.

I'm out of knowledge at that point.

[Durunner]

I was recently wondering the same. I would love to hear someone that has done it chime in.

[JPritch]

A lady named Wildcard Ninja did it a couple years back. ;-)

[KCNC]

IIRC someone did a YoYo last year. What I haven't heard is a YoYo starting SoBo. Would be a logistical challenge, but doable.

[rocketsocks]

A lady named Wildcard Ninja did it a couple years back. ;-)

No, that’s a true story, I saw it on the internet!

[JC13]

If I ever thru, the plan is to start on the Pinhoti, connect to the BMT, jump on the AT, hit Katahdin and then walk back home SOBO.

[Sarcasm the elf]

As others have said, it's been done a number of times on the A.T. It should however be noted that each year a decent number of hikers set off from Springer intent on doing a yo-yo, those that make it to Katahdin usually experience this moment.

[evyck da fleet]

Or you could turn around and look behind you every now and then. You won’t miss half the views and will have months to hike a different trail(s).

[Heliotrope]

Or you could turn around and look behind you every now and then. You won’t miss half the views and will have months to hike a different trail(s).

Or simply hike backwards killing two birds.


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[Dogwood]

Don't you mean halving your time and doubling your miles?

[Singto]

Has anyone heard of someone going nobo from start to finish, then going sobo, back to where they started? Doubling their time and miles? I've been considering doing this and wondered if anyone has done it!

What about people turning around and going SOBO for some more hiking and a better place, logistically, to depart from for home??? Id there is such a place, where would be the best place to hike south to in order to have better options to get home?

[4eyedbuzzard]

What about people turning around and going SOBO for some more hiking and a better place, logistically, to depart from for home??? Id there is such a place, where would be the best place to hike south to in order to have better options to get home?

You would pretty much have to hike all the way back to Gorham, NH to get any better access to bus service than you already have at Baxter State Park where you can hitch to Medway to catch the Cyr Bus to Bangor, ME and then connect to Boston. Gorham, NH has bus service to Boston, as does Lincoln/Woodstock (both on Concord Coach I believe), and Hanover/West Lebanon, NH have bus service (Boston or NYC via Dartmouth Coach) and Cape Air flights to Boston/Logan. There is also Amtrak (to NYC) at White River Junction, VT in the same general area and Greyhound in WRJ as well.

[Rain Man]

The Barefoot Sisters wrote TWO books about their yo-yo. One titled "Southbound" and the other titled "Northbound."

I met a hiker last year in Vermont I believe, who told me he had completed NOBO and was on his way back SOBO. No idea if he made it.

[LIhikers]

What about people turning around and going SOBO for some more hiking and a better place, logistically, to depart from for home??? Id there is such a place, where would be the best place to hike south to in order to have better options to get home?

Well, if you hike back to New York and go into New York City you'll have planes, trains, and buses to get you to anyplace in the world.

[ldsailor]

I met a guy who hiked the entire AT NOBO. He then turned around at Katahdin and headed SOBO with the intent to finish at Springer. He called himself a "Yo-Yo hiker." I met him at the Birch Run Shelter on his SOBO leg (mile 1091.9 NOBO) on September 19, 2017. I remember thinking the guy was completely crazy.

[MuddyWaters]

If a hiker takes two steps forward and one step back at every step, does he complete 2 nobos and one Sobo in one trip if he starts from Springer? Or 3 nobos?

[Wyoming]

If a hiker takes two steps forward and one step back at every step, does he complete 2 nobos and one Sobo in one trip if he starts from Springer? Or 3 nobos?

Hey!

That sort of describes my hiking. I may have hiked more than anyone in history come to think of it that way.

[Wyoming]

Do face plants get extra credit too?