View Full Version : Got Any info on a hiker named Y2k?
Hey i know he left Damascus after trail days due to foot problems.. If anyone has info on him that would be great... Thanks
sasquatch2014
09-13-2008, 19:36
Is he the one that was a Ham Radio operator? If thats the case I saw him up here in Pawling a while back.
No your thinking of slogoin sorry
sasquatch2014
09-13-2008, 20:17
No there was a hiker whose trail name was part of his Ham Handle something like Y2PPK
Then maybe he changed his name... late 20s looks like blondie? Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il
EAnderson
09-13-2008, 23:56
We ran into him at Hurricane Mtn Shelter late May and camped with him a few nights. He was having foot problems and also had a bad staff infection. He said he took off a few days in Damascus before hitting the trail again. A friend of his named Low Gear joined up with him and we left them at Partnership. Nice guy, I hope he healed up.
sasquatch2014
09-14-2008, 07:18
Ah yes saw him at the Dover Oak he was with Powder River. I figure that this was back around the first part of Aug.
jessicacomp
09-15-2008, 01:09
I was just thinking about Y2K today actually, how weird!
Anyway, Thor told me that he hiked all the way up through CT and then perhaps got injured again. Thor told me that he hadnt heard from/seen him since then though, so that would have been awhile ago.
johnnyblisters
09-16-2008, 10:43
I met Y2K in Kent, CT in August and then again at the Mass border. Very nice fellow, had a bum foot. Last time I saw him he was limping to Maine, anyone know if he finished???
nightshaded
10-07-2008, 09:04
Hey, C-Bass!
Last Confirmed sighting of Y2K was in Manchester Center, VT, and I'm pretty sure he made it to Maine...don't know if he'll be able to summit, though...there are about 30 hikers stuck in Millinocket right now, due to all the snow on Big K.
Bone Lady
Here is a pic of Y2K in Manchester, VT at Green Mountain House.
http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=378413
Slo-go'en
10-07-2008, 19:01
Hey C-Bass! How you doin? Got a picture of you, Franklin and Keychain blowing bubbles at the "watch yo head" shelter in my WB picture gallery. I ran into Keychain a few times, once in NY and again in Maine, but never saw Y2K again, or too many of the other hikers we started with.
The other ham radio guy on the trail was K1YPP or just K1. He used a radio I designed and built for backpackers.
Hey Slo-go'en ya we hit your heads pretty bad and those bubbles stopped us cold. haha What kind of radio did u design for backpackers
YA and i think that keychain will summit today if they let people through http://www.tenfeetofcrazy.blogspot.com/
joeframbach
11-19-2008, 15:48
Y2K and I slept in a school bus in Catawba VA! Contact info would be nice, but I have none.
I hiked with Y2K and Loon a bit really early on, after Hot Springs. He mentioned staying in Maine after finishing to build a boat and aqua blaze the east coast in the Spring. Has anyone found him yet?? I'm in Maine and would love to catch up with him and any other hiker trash! GUMBY