None Completed Thru

[GeneralLee10]

Knowing this should be an easy question for you WB'ers. How many of you lurking this site have tried to but not completed a Thru Hike? If so how many times did it take to to figure out your not fit for the job?

[YoungMoose]

I bet this is going to be a little touchy for some

[Feral Bill]

I bet this is going to be a little touchy for some

You think?

[Spokes]

Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GeneralLee10]

Waiting............. No bombs yet

[RollingStone]

Mt first and only attempt was in 1986. I was very young, times, equipment and the trail was very different. Of course we didn't make it but it had nothing to do with being "fit".

[GeneralLee10]

Mt first and only attempt was in 1986. I was very young, times, equipment and the trail was very different. Of course we didn't make it but it had nothing to do with being "fit".

See now this is a person that is being honest and is probably not ashamed of a none completed Thru.

[Mags]

I have completed every thru I've attempted.

However, I did DNF on about mile 70 of my Leadville 100 attempt in 2005. Started blacking out. Did the event on a lark and it caught up with me.

I'm in better shape now...maybe I should attempt it again.

[beakerman]

i haven't done a trhu yet...nor have I attempted to do one. I'm a section kind of guy. I just can't get the 6 months off to do a thru. Does that count?--yeilding to the pressures of the world to say I just can't...

[GeneralLee10]

Mags, You are The Man!.

[Sly]

Mags, You are The Man!.

Well yeah, except he didn't really answer your question.

[sheepdog]

So far I have failed to attempt a thru 108 times.
I am 54 so there are 54 nobo's and 54 sobo's
that I have not started.



guess I'll keep section hiking

[Hooch]

Waiting............. No bombs yet

[GeneralLee10]

Well yeah, except he didn't really answer your question.

Yes, this is true.

[GeneralLee10]

Nice, lol...

[sbhikes]

I attempted a thru, sort of, last year. My plan was actually only to hike the state of California. Along the way, I started thinking maybe I could go further than that. But I didn't even make it to complete the whole state of California. I had foot problems.

I returned this summer, again with no intention of thru-hiking. I wanted to hike from Santa Barbara to the PCT, then get off the PCT in Lone Pine and then complete all the trail I missed last year all the way to Canada. I accomplished this goal.

Now, to answer your question. I don't think I'm fit for thru-hiking. I got really sick of hiking every single day and being away from home after about 1000 or 1200 miles or so both times. It got to be like a job and all I could think of was food or going home.

But you betcha I still dream of getting back out there for at least another 3 month chunk. Rather than complete a single thru-hike, I think I would like to eventually be able to hike 3 or 4 months, or just one or 2 months whenever I want. That would be awesome.

I really don't care about thru-hikes so much as just being part of the trail. It doesn't impress me if you completed your thru-hike and I don't see it as a failure if you didn't. I applaud people getting out there and enjoying themselves in nature and being part of the trail community. That's what really matters.

[Blissful]

Nothing wrong with not completing. You are a section hiker then and I have WAY more respect for sectioners (doing some of it myself and seeing what one endures having to go through blister issues every time).

[Spokes]

I have completed every thru I've attempted.

However, I did DNF on about mile 70 of my Leadville 100 attempt in 2005. Started blacking out. Did the event on a lark and it caught up with me.

I'm in better shape now...maybe I should attempt it again.

Was it all that Weizenbock Mags?

[Mags]

Mags, You are The Man!.

Not really (but thanks!). Fiddlehead here on WB has actually done it.

Well yeah, except he didn't really answer your question.

Only outdoor endeavor I attempted that I did not finish. And it is on the CT/CDT in parts. Close enough.

Was it all that Weizenbock Mags?

Fat Tire. I live in CO after all.

[Anumber1]

I tried in 2009 but had to give up due to Morton's neuroma and having no more friggin' money.

Going home was the biggest challenge I faced on the trail. I have not yet decided whether I will try again any time soon due to finances and my obligation to the Navy.

If only I could get deployed again, then I would have the time off and the money to give it another go.