late start

[lostmonkey]

Has anyone ever left ME to go south in sept,

[Peaks]

Probably. I've got a neighbor that finished a SOBO in January or February.

[Rain Man]

Has anyone ever left ME to go south in sept,

In 1966 Jim Shattuck (age 51) left Katahdin in late August (the 24th). He arrived on Springer on May 23, 1967.

Spent a night on Sinking Creek Mtn, VA in minus 27 degree weather.

He used snowshoes part of the way.

See Volume Two of "Hiking the Appalachian Trail," Rodale Press, James R. Hare, Ed.

RainMan

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[The Solemates]

i know heald is in the habit of doing late sobos