2010 Thru-Hike Registry

[MrVix]

Trail Name - MrVix
Direction - NOBO
Start Date - 1st April
Approach Trail - Yes

[hiker_sue]

Trail Name: Sue (no trail name yet)
Direction: North
Estimated Start Date: April 1st
Approach Trail: No

[frisbeefreek]

Name: Frisbee
Direction: NOBO
ETD: 3/21/10
Approach - Yes

[djmpa2001]

Trail Name :Traveler
Direction :NOBO
Estimated Start Date: April 1, 2010
Approach Trail - yes

[Uncas10]

Uncas
NOBO
3/19
yes

[partick]

this is an update
partick
NoBO

April 7th instead of 12th
Yes will hike the approach trail
web page PatsHike.com

[bonarusa]

Appalachian Trail
Name: Aaron Smith, Jacque Smith
Trail Name: (none yet)
Southbound
Estimated Start Date: Late June
Approach Trail - ?

[FaceplantOG]

Name: Faceplant
Direction: Finishing SOBO from last year
Start Date: June 12

[Keek]

Name Chris
Trail Name Keek
Direction NOBO
Estimated Start Date April 18/19
Approach Trail - yes
any additional info that you want the world to know - It's been a long time coming

[EZBZ]

Name: Buzz
Trail name: none yet
Direction: NOBO
Start date: March 26, 2010
Approach trail: undecided

[LauraT]

Laura (Hellbender) and Shawn (no trail name yet)
SOBO
Somewhere between July 1 and July 13

[HiKen2011]

April 2nd
Northbound
Approach-no


Detour

[AzWildflower]

please change my start date to April 19. :D

[HikeStrong2010]

Jeff & Aly
NOBO
29 March
Approach Trail - yes
Please visit www.hikestrong2010.com (http://www.hikestrong2010.com)!

[wildpony]

April 4
from Springer to Katahdin:banana

[Caper]

Update:
Caper
March 27th
Approach Trail - yes

[Who Dat!]

Trail Name - in need of one at this point
Direction - NoBo
Estimated Start Date - True start date April 23rd, 2010
Approach Trail - what's it to you if a helicopter drops me on Springer!:)
any additional info that you want the world to know - Can't wait for this...my mind has wondered on to the trail already...

[mikemize]

this is the last time i will change my "start" date,promise!!!...Michael mize...SOBO...birmingham alabama...first week in June...thanks!!

[mjohnkennedy]

Trail name: none yet
SOBO
July 1st

-John

[tennesseered]

this is a bit of a late update and i apologize. i've had some trouble communicating with my partner on start time and i think im just going to leave without his ass unfortunately. trying for april 3rd

T-red

[Tuney]

this is a bit of a late update and i apologize. i've had some trouble communicating with my partner on start time and i think im just going to leave without his ass unfortunately. trying for april 3rd

T-red

People seem surprised when I tell them I'm going solo. But I've pretty much run into the same thing you have. Coordinating with trail friends and relatives just ends up being frustrating. The good news you'll meet plenty of people on the trail. Someone will end up being your friend even if you only see each other when your get to camp.

[tennesseered]

People seem surprised when I tell them I'm going solo. But I've pretty much run into the same thing you have. Coordinating with trail friends and relatives just ends up being frustrating. The good news you'll meet plenty of people on the trail. Someone will end up being your friend even if you only see each other when your get to camp.

thanks for the encouragement. I'm doing it with or without him. We have planned for over half a year and he still seems to just be bull****ting around. I'm ready to go. And i'm sure i'll make some friends I always do when I go hiking - usually always friendly people :)

[4shot]

An update to my start date, I am heading to Ga. tomorrow and starting the trail (approach) on Sunday the 28th of March. Packing now...and experiencing a whole gamut of emotions as I do so. Trail name is still unknown.

This website has been a real helpful tool and a great source of entertainment as well. Best wishes to all and see you on the trail somewhere.

[free4now]

Trail Name free/ bodine/ ?????
Direction nobo
Estimated Start Date 4/8/2010
Approach Trail - yes or no yes

this is an adventure that ive dreamt of and am finally embracing.

[vlo]

Hi Mountain Squid! No trail name yet
sobo
Start date Appx. April 5th, 2010

Happy Trails!
Vicky

[vlo]

sorry, my bad, I'm actually going north..............................guess gps is needed in typing after a long day:)

[sarah1021]

name: sarah
trail name: can't wait to get one, hopefully one waaaayyy more original than 'sarah'!
direction: nobo
start: mid may
approach trail: I would, but i have to get to katahdin by aug 28...
as is i may have to 'yellow blaze' around NY to make it in time. i'm from maine, so i'm really 'going home'. so i 'have' to make it to katahdin, but i won't mind skipping some in the middle in order to enjoy the time on the trail i have.

in other words, i am not a purist :) but i'll enjoy my time on the trail!

[Tuney]

My last two Shakedown Hikes have convinced me that in spite of all my hardwork and training, I'm not ready to hike 12 to 20 miles a day. Nor do I want to. At the moment I'm good for 5 to 6 hours of hiking in a day. at 1.5 miles per hour that would be maybe 7.5 to 9 miles a day max. I want to have time to smell the flower's and enjoy the views. I'm moving my start date to the beginning of May, hoping for better weather, and planning for 6 to 9 miles a day.
I'll still follow the Cool Breeze Itinerary starting in Daleville VA, and ending at Kent CT. Whether or not I complete a thru this year, will depend on when I get to Kent, and how I feel when I get there.

SOME SAGE WORDS ABOUT MY REVISED PLAN FROM ONE OF MY VERY GOOD FRIENDS
Well, if the "Journey is the Destination" as you say, then couple of thoughts.
1) The goal is to hike the trail, not die on the trail
2) If it takes you two years to hike it, you have still hiked it but lived to tell about it.
3) The grandkids will not care that it took you two years!
4) The advantage of hiking for only 5 (or less) hours is that you have more time to enjoy the wilderness and the camp you set up and since you may only pass that way once, make the most of the time to enjoy what you see..
5) There is no reward for the fastest or the slowest, only the reward of the journey and the friends you make along the way.

[MyName1sMud]

I wish I was coming along...... 2011 looks to be my year :(

[LordFouis]

hum, after 2 delays my start date looks to be April 7th

Approach trail-- yes
NOBO

[tcha5782]

Updating my previous post #458
NOBO
Start date: April 16 after lunch
Approach Trail: Y - hike up with minimal gear, meet friends at summit next morning with rest of stuff (they will take USFS42)
Destination - Mt. Race in MA (hope to get there by August 1, will skip sections if necessary - also going "home")
Looking forward to meeting all on trail.
Tim

[gipcgirl]

please change my start date to April 19. :D
Hi AzWildflower its gipcgirl here, I am in Franklin NC with a broken leg and need to stay off the trail for around 5 weeks. Hoping to restart around the end April so if your start date remains 19 we may meet up.Sorry I misplaced your email.

[jschuch]

Trail Name
Direction-NoBo
Estimated Start Date- Mid May
Approach Trail - yes

I'm putting 90 days towards the trail

[dwhite]

start date april 17th approach trail yes direction NoBo been planing 3 years ready to start hiking :)

[tennesseered]

official start date is this saturday april tenth!!! i will be alone though unfortunately. please message me or respond to this post if you would like to meet up and hike :) not sure about the approach trail though

[tennesseered]

official start date is this saturday april tenth!!! i will be alone though unfortunately. please message me or respond to this post if you would like to meet up and hike :) not sure about the approach trail though

ok this date is absolutely official finally im starting my hike and no to the approach trail think the trailname will be tennessee red

[fyrflyfla]

Trail Names: Fyrfly & Moses
Heading North: GA to ME
Starting Date: Around April 20th
Doing Approach Trail

Coming from Orlando, Fl and starting a little late. Have to attend my grandfathers' funeral. Started hiking the AT in 1998 in sections and finally finished with my Katahdin summit hike 10 yrs later in 2008. Now I get to follow my dream and do a thru hike in 2010. I'm excited! :banana Moses has never hiked the trail and it will be a new experience for him.:o:(

[KVKV]

Trail name: none yet
Northbound
Starting date: 3 May
Not doing Approach Trail

KVKV

[windrunner6]

Trail Name: Thru Hiking Fiend
Direction: NoBo
Estimated Start Date: Apr 15
Approach Trail - yes
thruhikingfiend.blogspot.com

[trapezeboy]

some updated info:

Trail Name: Chipmunk
Direction: SOBO
Estimated Start Date: June 19th

[Mountain Goat]

Trail Name: Mountain Goat
Direction: SoBo
Est Start Date: June 23, 2010
Approach Trail: No

[dragoro]

Ben (no trail name yet).
North bound.
4/13
Will be doing approach trail

[dragoro]

Date changed to 4/14

[Cali]

Pete (They call me TooDeep on west side, but let's see what happens on the east side)
Northbound
4/21/2010
I'm not into approaching, I'm all in :)

[iceberg11]

Will be starting the 23rd or 24th of April from Newfound gap. Did the whole Springer to Newfound dec 08.
Trailname: Iceberg

[dsims]

dsims & kooper
Northbound
April 17th
Approach Trail - No

My trail journal is at http://onahike.com

[roller]

trail name:roller
direction:north
departing:april 21
approach trail not sure

[sobo2010]

docmarten
southbound
October 1st
absolutely

[MLandry7]

Name: Matt & Angela
Trail Name: ??
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: April 24
Approach Trail - maybe

Decided yesterday (4.16) heading south Friday (4.23)
:banana:banana:banana

[Dockmaster]

No Trail Name Yet
NoBo
May 1st Start
Approach Trail - TBD

[Praha4]

current trail name: Noboat
NoBo
start date delayed to Monday, April 19th. (delayed a week due to some foot problems)
Approach trail - most likely

see you on the trail and good luck to everybody, have fun!

[ragincajun]

close start date im starting june 22-23 too cool my b-day is the 20th

[sailsman]

1st time posting on the 2010 thru-hiker class. I am registered under sailsman with the trail name of mountain goat (my friends gave me the name last year when we were hiking the Roan Mountain section). I am leaving today on my northbound from Rte 309 in PA to Katahdin. Hope I did this right.:sun

[RamSham]

Trail Name - RamSham (Rambling Shamrock)
Direction NoBo - GAMEr!
Start Date - 6-April
Approach Trail - no

[AdCane]

Trail Name - AdCane - "Adventurous Cane"
Direction - GAMEr
Start Date - April 6th
Approach Trail - no

[sidebackside]

Start Date - 6-April




Start Date - April 6th


If I'm not mistaken, today is the 24th. Am I missing something???

[Sniddle]

Alex
None so far
SoBo/MeGa
June 10thish
yessir

[rcmartin9]

Trail Name: Mile Marker
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: Started 4/24/10
Approach Trail - yes - from Amicalola Falls SP visitors center

[theref]

Subby
NOBO
Started back in 2/24
And yes i did the approach trail and yes it sucked walking up and no i dont regret it

[gina811]

Gina K.
Trail Name: don't have one yet! ;)
Start Date: June 15th
First time on the AT, don't know what "approach trail" means.....

[gina811]

oh and location: Chicago, IL

Can't WAIT to start this hike!!! ;)

[alphawolfe]

Change of plans/update. Now going SOBO starting June 15th.

[tnwolf51]

tnwolf51 nomid to late may 2010 northbound first time on the at

[Morry]

Trail Name
Direction
Estimated Start Date
Approach Trail - yes or no

[skeeter]

trail name: skeeter
nobo
leaving: Mid-May
hopefully no approach trail

[Montego]

Medical problems has kept me from attempting another thru, at least for the present time. Hope is not dimmed that I will be able to get my arse back on the trail again.

Montego

[Husband & Wife]

Trail Name: Husband & Wife
Direction: Nobo
Estimated Start Date: 3/31/2010
Approach Trail - No

[flybynight]

Name: REBECCA
Trail Name: (none yet :))
SOBO
Estimated Start Date: Beginning June
Approach Trail - No
Additional Info: Still looking for someone to ease into the 100 mile wilderness with!

[fadeleaf]

Fadeleaf
SOBO
June 30th
yes

[Mountain Goat]

Updated schedule: Leaving May 15th

[PeeWee2]

Trail Name; peewee
Direction;nobo
Estimated Start Date;4-12-10
Approach Trail - yes

[tnwolf51]

change of plans now leaving in june cant wait

[lonewolftrekker]

Stumble Wolf
NoBo
March 5th 2010
first timer.

[frogmanjack]

Chris
sobo
Beginning of July 2010
Maybe approach trail

[Fred G]

Trail name: Fred G
Direction: sobo
Date: June 23

[tnwolf51]

Trail Name bob
Direction nobo
Estimated Start Date week of june 5th
Approach Trail - not sure

[Just Careying On]

Trail Name: Chick Magnet
Direction: NOBO (from Harper's Ferry)
Date: June 15, 2010

Additional: Finishing what I started last year. Did approach trail up to Harper's Ferry in 2009 when family stuff at home called it off short for me. Going Harper's Ferry to Katahdin this time. Better equipped, better funded, and better prepared this time around. I know, I know...it's a section hike but I'll see you out there anyways!

[K2]

Have to cancel this year. Plan to be in class of 2011. K2

[hikerjames]

looking to join a group to hike from katadhin back to the whites ready togo whenever email back at [email protected]

[Blissful]

Start SOBO July 1 from Katahdin. (have completed SOBO Harpers Ferry to Troutdale, VA)
Looking to go as far as my knee and ankle will allow me (hoping the rest!). Husband Skipper is with me through Maine, so we're taking our time.

(and hikerjames, you're from Bethlehem, NH? Too cool! I wrote a book about the town, a novel, that came out last year) :)

[SuperGuide]

Super Guide( for this trip i suppose)
SOBO(is there an approach for katahdin)
wanted to leave beggining of june but katahdin is still closed, so just waiting
WOULD LOVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH OTHER SOUTHBOUNDERS

[Raab]

Trail Name: Rookie
Direction: SOBO
Start Date: July 1st
Doing a thur-hike as a fund raiser for Habitat for Humanity in Delaware, Ohio. Hike for Habitat!!!

[illiterate peasant]

Trail Name: Illiterate Peasant
Possum Tail Jones

Direction: SOBO

Est. Start Date: 13 Jun 10

Approach Trail: No

[MaxM]

Watermelon here - summited Springer May 6 (after doing the Amicalola approach trail to the Black Gap Shelter May 5), got into Damascus yesterday. About to go grab some pizza at Quincey's...

[Grampsb]

Looka like I will have tp postpone if for a year due to financies.

[onemore]

ONE MORE
05-25-10
SOBO
hiked up the hunt trail to start, then back down... i think that's the same

[ragincajun]

leave lakeshore house in 2 hours on way to stratton ,like empire strikes back. THE FIRST TRANSPORT IS AWAY woooot lil buch of us leaving monson headed for stratton at least 15-20 in 100 mile wilderness now headed to monson the sobos have begun lets rock it:banana

[turtlesteps]

Areion
Sobo
mid july
no approach trail

[SwingLow]

Trail Name: Ferrari (formerly Trail Bunny)
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: June 20
Probably starting at the Ga border. Anyone is welcome to come if they are looking for a partner! :)

[huggeeBEAR]

Trail Name: Huggee Bear
Direction: SOBO
EST Start Date: 1July
starting on Katahdin.. gonna be with brother and friend - almost ready!

[Wiljourner]

SOBO June 29

[Zarathustra]

Trail Name: Zarathustra
Direction: SOBO
Start Date: June 22 or 23
Leaving Cleveland, OH via Greyhound bus on 6/20 for what should be a wonderful 27 hour ride to Medway, ME. Hoping I can hitch from Medway to Baxter State Park to start at Katahdin...

[tcha5782]

As a final update to my post #531, I picked up a Trail name in Pearisburg in early June - Second Shift. I hope all hikers are doing great and hope to stay in touch with those I've met!
Tim aka Second Shift GA-MA (High Rock)

[Donnie]

Buzzard Bait
SOBO (MEGA)
July 10th, 2010
Helon Taylor to Knife Edge to AT (again)-OR- Chimney Pond to Dudley to Knife Edge to AT (to try something new)

[roadrunner10]

Road Runner
March 7
NOBO, GA-ME
No approach trail
I finished June 20th

[Mountain_Orange]

Mountain orange
July 20
SOBO, ME-GA
approach tbd

[watfordo]

Don Watford
Katahdin on August 3rd or 4th
SOBO

[Low Step]

Name: Aaron
Start Date: July 29th
Southbound

Going to Georgia

[apocalypse]

Suppose this is real late cause i've already made it to HF, but just made an account so...

Name: Rusty
Trail Name: Apocalypse
Direction: NOBO
Start Date: June 8th
Approach Trail: Yes

[Trailbender]

Name: Aaron
Trail Name: Hollywood
NOBO
Start: 5 March, currently in Andover, Maine
Approach Trail: Yes

[VEGAN]

Jim Janolek, VEGAN, NOBO, 7 April, Y, St Petersburg FL

[DinnerFer2]

Trail Name: Dinner Fer 2
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: March 19th - FULL MOON!!!
Approach Trail - most likely

I thru-hiked the Long Trail SOBO in 2008, I can't wait to get on the AT!!! I'm currently in gear world perfecting my pack list.:banana

[DinnerFer2]

woops, wrong year...

[Enoch02]

Well, it took me long enough to bother updating anything.... Yep, done. That was fun.

-Enoch (yes, the jerk who kept writing "No-Bo-One-Oh" in the shelter registers)

[Trailbender]

Well, it took me long enough to bother updating anything.... Yep, done. That was fun.

-Enoch (yes, the jerk who kept writing "No-Bo-One-Oh" in the shelter registers)

Haha, that guy.

[Uncas10]

Uncas
NOBO
March 19, 2010
Summited Sep 22, 2010
No approach trail

[Tabasco'10]

Tabasco
NOBO
May 24th, 2010
Summited Sept 7th, 2010
No approach trail

[AUhiker90]

Squash
nobo March 6 2010
summited Sept. 12 2010
Approach trail

[MaxM]

Watermelon
nobo
may 6, 2010
summited October 5, 2010 (In beautiful 60 degree weather!)
amicalola approach trail

[Fluffhead54]

No Trail Name Yet
NOBO
Late March-Early April 2011
Approach : Yes

This will be my first true hike and would like to experience with others so if you are interesed feel free to cantact me! peace

[Turtle Feet]

No Trail Name Yet
NOBO
Late March-Early April 2011
Approach : Yes

This will be my first true hike and would like to experience with others so if you are interesed feel free to cantact me! peace

Fluffhead, you'll want to post this under the 2011 Class (you're in the 2010 here).

Good to meet you! I'll be starting probably mid-March, no doubt we'll meet up at some point on the trail! :)

TF

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[DrRichardCranium]

Homebrew
NOBO
March 27 - September 29, 2010
Did the Approach Trail

Photo shows Buttons and me at the summit.http://Postholer.Com/journal/viewJournal.php?sid=996ae1cbe6034e42817790934da702 fb&jtype=photo&entry_id=18860&photo_id=23151

[Stitch/Belch]

Stitch/Belch
NOBO
March 18, 2010
Summitted August 31, 2010
Did the approach trail

[soilman]

Ohibro
NOBO
Started April 7, 2010
Finished September 7, 2010

[kcol27]

Red Lobster
NOBO
Started: March 13, 2010
Finished: October 2, 2010

[Lint]

Lint
NOBO
Started April 25th
Finished July 31st
Did the approach trail...again.

[sumnere]

Easy
SOBO
Started June 3rd
Finished October 29th
approach? ha

[Granola Jo]

Seeker
NOBO
March 18-September 16
no approach trail

[GhostPirate]

Ghost Pirate
SOBO
June 20 - Nov 5
No approach trail

[MotherShip]

msg for Full Value
Thanks for the info this wkend.
You had a beautiful 130 and 131 day.
Did you hike Mt Rogers, or by pass the mt?

[Mountain_Orange]

Mountain orange
July 20
SOBO, ME-GA
approach tbd

In Erwin now. Closing in on springer!:banana

[frogmanjack]

Dr. Geo
July 2
Summited Nov. 11
SOBO, ME>GA
Did approach trail

[ShelterLeopard]

An update on ShLep (sorry I took so long to write in). I ended my hike after my various episodes in the hospital/emergency room, but went up to Maine and did Katahdin to finish up. So my hike went like this: GA-PA, then the last 30 miles of Maine. 1,400 was enough for me! Camino de Santiago, here I come!!!! (In maybe April)

[Zarathustra]

Skittles, the great
June 22
summited November 16
SOBO, ME-GA
no go on the approach trail.

(BTW, what up Doc Geo!)

[Teen]

Seminole (with WhiteJeep)
NOBO
Left Springer Mar 14, finished Aug 8 (#90 at Katahdin)
Approach: No, day hiked it a few days before start

[el.com]

Trailname: Cheeseburger
NOBO
Started: March 14, 2010 @Amicalola Falls State Park
Finished: September 10, 2010 @Baxter Peak

[Low Step]

Low Step
July 30th Katahdin
November 30th Springer

[Mountain_Orange]

Mtn. Orange

July 20 Katahdin
December 6 Springer

[Low Step]

Mtn. Orange

July 20 Katahdin
December 6 Springer

Congrats dude!
It was getting cold at the end there

[BlueRay]

Trailname: BluRay
SOBO
Started: August 5, 2010 @Baxter Peak
Finished: ?

[Wisdahln]

Hi,
My name is Nathan Wisdahl aka "GrolarBear". I finished the trail September 10th. I summited with Cheeseburger and Eddy. I kept my true trail blog elsewhere ... http://grolarbear.wordpress.com

[BlueRay]

trailname: Bluray
sobo
started: August 5, 2010 @baxter peak
finished: January 24, 2011 @springer


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[friedh's]

Trail Name- CRAFTY
Direction- NOBO
Start Date- April 2nd, 2010
Approach Trail - no

It rocked!

[friedh's]

Completed- October 11th, 2010!!!

[redsquirrel]

Trail name: redsquirrel
Start date: march 21
Direction: North
Approach trail: ?? Yes ??

[ShelterLeopard]

Squirrel, you're looking for 2011, I think. And GOOD LUCK! Have fun.

[pdanielm05]

Trail Name: Mowgli
Direction: NOBO
Start Date: April 7
Approach Trail: YES

Caint Wait!!! :)

[pdanielm05]

April 7 2011**

[Ratman and Tumbler]

WE DID IT!!!!!!!! YES! YES! YES! And so many said we'd never make it!!!!!!!!
Started March 27, 2010
Completed Thru-Hike September 2, 2010.
Direction: NOBO
Approach trail: no
Start of next Thru-Hike: March 18, 2012