i am starting on my hike on Feb 05 2008 gode to take it nice and easy not worry abound speed. That said i am lokking for someone to start with doing about 8 miles a day to start. just want take my time and see lots of sites you can email me at.
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If you start about a month later you will have plenty of company, I plan on going slow for the first few days, but my plan puts me to Katahdin in mid-August. I am going to sugguest, as many many others, you start later. It will, overall, be warmer, and you will be right in the thick of things are far as thru-hikers go. There are a lot of people starting the 1st of March if you are looking to find people to hike with.
However, I have not thru hiked, so take my advice second to those who have thru-hiked.
Kirby