NOBO 2006 Thru Hiker Roster

[frieden]

Just curious as to who will be out there. Please, post your start date (exact or approx), number in party, expected miles/day, etc.

Frieden - female, 36, FL
Ed - male, 1, FL
Start date: Early March
# in party: 2
Miles/day: 10 - 20
Off day: 1/wk.
ETA Katahdin: 7 mos.
Reason: Vision quest; taking time to savor nature and smell the flowers (after the snow melts); plan to take lots and lots of pictures.

[digger51]

Digger - male, 53, NC
Start date: mid to late march
# in party: 1, so not much of a party
Miles/day: 8-10 start, 15-20 later
Of day: when I feel like it
ETA Katahdin: when I get there
Reason: one of these days I will figure that out.

[justusryans]

justusryans- male 41, female 36
Start Date- early March
# in party- 2
Miles/Day- whatever
off day- 1 in 7
ETA Katahdin- yes
Reason- lots of reasons

[Turtle2]

Turtle2 -50 female
Start date late March
#=1
Miles/Day- Early 8-10 Overall avg 15
Off Day - Whenever
ETA Katahdin - Mid Sept.
Have got that urge.

[mattydt20]

Matt and Nicole
Start Date- March 1st
# in party- 2
Miles/Day- 7-10 early, high teens later
off day- few and far in between, can always make some progress
ETA Katahdin- five months
Reason- I took a 4,100 mile bike trip from Oregon to Maine last summer. While riding one of my friends (the Gambler) hooked me on the idea of thru-hiking. I figure I might as well string along as many adventures as I can before I leap into a career. My girlfriend didn't like the idea of me leaving her out on more fun, so she's coming along.

[Cheesewhiz]

Cheesewhiz
Start date March 22
#= Just me
Miles/Day- Early 8-10 Overall avg 15
Off Day - Whenever
ETA Katahdin - Mid Sept.
I've had the idea in the back of head for the last 12 years or so and 2 novembers ago I went on a weekend trip and ran into a few thru hikers and from then on I have been planning. So this year is my turn.

[Smile]

Smile
F 40 FL
Start date ; 4/1 - 4/25 ( TBA)
# 1 - but looking to hook up with others prior to establish contacts
Miles/Day 1st 2 wks: 8-10 Overall Avg 20-25
Off Day whenever ( or as blisters ( if any) require in first 10 days)
ETA Big K - when I'm on top
Reason: Have done several long Sections and just want to go the distance, meet some of you awsome folks from the class of 06

[shrimp]

Shrimp or M.K. Mailler
starting March 27th (day after mom's birthday)
Male, 23 week after start date
Only myself, until I find someone else to hike with for a while
Miles/Day will start around 8-10, not exactly sure yet, and hopefully will advance to 20 or more.
1 0-day per week so far planned, hoping for no more than that.
ETA late july or early august, as I might decide to yo-yo, depending on how I feel.
Reason: Not sure, but I've been planning this thing for 3+ years now and it's been getting pushed back repeatedly. It's about time I escape for a while.

[Hammock Hanger]

Are any of you keeping online journals??? Sue/HH

[dje97001]

Derrick and Carrie (26/28 by then), CT
Start Date- April 1st (days before or after, depending on good weather)
# in party- 2
Miles/Day- 7-10 first 1-2 weeks, whatever we need to do later (I can't imagine many 20+ days but maybe that stamina kicks in)
off day- morale days will be taken and enjoyed as needed
ETA Katahdin- 6 months
Reason- We will have been seriously planning, saving and "shaking down" for 2 years by then. We think the best time for us to go is pre-mortgage and pre-kids and that means now.

[neighbor dave]

can i go too???????

[Cheesewhiz]

Hey ya, Hammock hanger I am on trail journals it is currently up and running but some changes may be made between now and my departure for gear and such.

www.trailjournals.com/cheesewhiz

[MarcnNJ]

Marc - male, 33, NJ
Start date: Mid March
# in party: 1
Miles/day: 10 - 25
Off day: once everyother week
ETA Katahdin: 5 1/2 mos.
Reason: tired of dreaming about it, time to do it

[frieden]

I was hoping this would stay as a straight roster (no comments), to make it easier to reference. We can't edit the posts, so maybe new additions add "trail journal site" to the list? Or simply post, "My trail journal: 'link' "

My trail journal:

www.trailjournals.com/frieden

[DavidNH]

I plan to thru hike with an approximate start date of March 21 from Amicolola Falls State Park northbound. This will be my first ever very long distance hike.

DavidNH

[wdelong]

Transcriber, 49, female
Leave mid to late March, 2006, NOBO
Solo
7-10 first week or two, then average 12-15 mpd
Estimated time to Katahdin about 6 months
Started up TJ journal just yesterday
Reason: Love to hike, be out in the woods; look forward to the challenge and want to see if I can do it!

[jimmyjob]

James (no trail name yet)- male 28
Start Date- No later than April 1st
# in party- 1
Miles/Day- whatever
off day- when i can't stand the smell of myself any longer
ETA Katahdin- September 17th......my 29th birthday......
Reason- do i really need one....????

[Turtle2]

Yep, I'll be signing up on trailjournals closer to the trip.

[Alligator]

I was hoping this would stay as a straight roster (no comments), to make it easier to reference. We can't edit the posts, so maybe new additions add "trail journal site" to the list? Or simply post, "My trail journal: 'link' "

My trail journal:

www.trailjournals.com/frieden

Attroll had a table set up for this last year 2005 and a limited access 2005 hiker forum. If you contact him, I'll bet he would accomodate you and perhaps make any modifications you might want.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...2005+hike+list

[soulrebel]

golden runner (this is what my wife calls me /sigh, not sure I'll let it get to the trail) - male 32, GA
blacktoe ironhand - female, 29, GA

Start date: est. April 9th
# in party: 2
Miles/day: 15-25
Off day: 1/wk.
ETA Katahdin: 100-120 days

Reason: Live an old dream, having fun, gaining more outdoor knowledge for adventure racing. Hopefully, this will give us a good low level aerobic base for our Ironman Florida race in Nov 2006.

Trailjournals page: not yet but I might...