Anyone wanna do CT to ME ? leaving 4/13

[Alaskanhkr23]

If anyone wants to join private message me -im a fast hiker,

[emerald]

Your time frame will put you on The Long Trail before mud season has passed. GMC advises against use of higher elevation trails until after Memorial Day.

[Alaskanhkr23]

hmmm is mass part of that or is it only Vt

[emerald]

See Green Mountain Club's website (http://www.greenmountainclub.org/news.php?id=1) for more information.

[emerald]

There are other good reasons why prudent hikers wait until June or even later.

[mikec]

I'm doing that stretch starting 6/15. But I am a slow hiker.

[Alaskanhkr23]

danm,i wanna do it,but i need to listen to more experienced people in order to learn something-see if this was AK i would be in my element but I've never did the At well a little but nothing this size ,MIKEC where are you going to start?

[emerald]

Have you ever attempted a hike of this length before?:-?

I'll need to deal with some other things tonight. Others will check in before long.

[mikec]

MIKEC where are you going to start?
North Adams, MA. Hope to leave Monday morning, June 15th, 2009 and finish on Katahdin sometime between August 15-20, 2009. Like I said, I'm a slow hiker. I'm the Virginia Tortoise!

[Alaskanhkr23]

eh slow hikes are good too,i just wanna do it slow fast crawl,fly who cares

[Alaskanhkr23]

yeah,i've done 300 mile hikes in alaska,but the at is what i wanna do while im down here staying in ct.

[Alaskanhkr23]

i've visited Christopher Mccandless bus that he died in that was sad but he was stupid to think you can beat the alaskan wilderness,without anything,he's not a native of alaska

[mikec]

I read the book and saw the movie Into the Wild. I enjoyed McCandliss' free spirit.

[Alaskanhkr23]

YEah,but they dont tell you the fact that he destroyed or burned the cache's around him or the fact there a was miner's trolly 3 miles down river,or that he was 6 miles away from healy,LOL were he died literaly borders my back yard in farbanks about 100 miles brom my back window

[emerald]

ATC's Hike the Trail (http://www.appalachiantrail.org/site/c.mqLTIYOwGlF/b.4805465/k.9760/Hike_the_Trail.htm)
NPS AT Strip Map (http://www.nps.gov/appa/planyourvisit/upload/APPA%20Map.pdf)
ALDHA's Companion (http://www.aldha.org/companyn.htm)

[Turtlehiker]

I've thought it would be a neat trip to visit the bus and hike in the area, of course not in the winter. The way he died, I've read the book and seen the movie, makes me think that dying might have been what he wanted.

Anyway back to your trip, sounds like a great time, I've sectioned alot of the trail in the area that you are going to be. Some great trail! Good luck! I am longing for the day that I can do the whole trail or at least some really long sections!

[celt]

I'm hiking from Salisbury CT to North Adams Mass starting either Monday 4/13 or Tuesday 4/14. If you're out there too, maybe we'll bump into each other.

[Alaskanhkr23]

what time you leaving ?early morning ?

[Alaskanhkr23]

would you like a partner?-i can hike fast or slow