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skypup888
01-30-2012, 16:39
just kind of curious anyone starting the end of feburary?

seasparrow
01-31-2012, 06:39
Hey there just wandering if you took a look at this===========> ? (http://whiteblaze.net/index_cmps.php?page=2012thruhikers),good info there.

you can thank HIM (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/member.php?8692-mountain-squid) for it.

GL on the trail i start April 6th mabe i will seeyas on the trail,have fun stay warm ,and HIKE YOUR HIKE.

skypup888
01-31-2012, 10:53
lol Ya i just dint know if anyone was going sooner than they said. im super super excited 3 1/2 weeks left im getting very anxious an nervous for it but i think im ready for it been training for the last 2 months hopefully it pays off.

seasparrow
01-31-2012, 11:14
what are your numbers? pack weight with out food and water,you doing the approach? you make your own stove or bought one? you rdy for the snow,its been kinda light winter so far think it will pile up in Feb? lol yea im excited too, april 6 can't come fast enough.

skypup888
01-31-2012, 13:40
Well my pack is 36 pounds with 4-5 days of food and water and yea i bought my stove, its a little msr pocket rocket works amazing. im packing cold gear under armour 2x bottom and top just in case the only thing im worried bout is my sleeping bag its good for 40 degrees then i bought a liner for it havent tested it out thinking ima do that this weekend. I put my 2 weeks in today my dad hates me but oh well just following a dream:)

-Animal
01-31-2012, 17:51
lol Ya i just dint know if anyone was going sooner than they said. im super super excited 3 1/2 weeks left im getting very anxious an nervous for it but i think im ready for it been training for the last 2 months hopefully it pays off.

I'll be at the falls on the 22nd and Springer by the 23rd. It's so close I've got butterfly's. Are you going early?

skypup888
01-31-2012, 21:59
Ya got a decent job so it was alot easier saving for this venture. That last sentance of my previous post was false, my dad calmed down quite a bit he was pissed at first though haha but its all good. Ya ill be arriving there the 26th, taking good ol greyhound i figure riding the bus for a day and half, i will be ready to walk.:) Hope to see ya out there and good luck

bgood360
01-31-2012, 22:06
Ah, you'll be a few days ahead of me. I'll be starting from the Approach Trail on the 29th. Se you on the Trail.
-- Hat

Papa D
01-31-2012, 22:07
That is a great start date - don't let the nay-sayers on here get you down - you'll hit some snow and cold for sure but you'll have the jump on the pack and some company out there for sure. I'd try to loose a little of that pack-weight by March but HYOH and go for it. Have a great one and PM me if you get in a bind in GA / NC somewhere.

skypup888
02-02-2012, 10:52
hey not sweatin it just want to get out before the crowd does, plus its down right nice out there right now ill still bring winter gear though. 21 days before i leave :):)

miami
02-04-2012, 03:07
I should be hiking up the approach trail around the 26th. Pretty stoked myself. See you on the trail :)

earlyriser26
02-04-2012, 06:31
No better start date than Feb 26th, my birthday.

Scubafreak
02-05-2012, 11:14
Starting the 29th here on the app trail.CAN'T WAIT!!!! I'm frecking out :banana see ya'll out there

skypup888
02-06-2012, 16:29
I should be hiking up the approach trail around the 26th. Pretty stoked myself. See you on the trail :)thats cool probly cya out there, countin the days down wish i had a time machine:)

marty1983
02-06-2012, 19:41
I Will be arriving at AFSP on February 22nd and I'm sure you will catch me by the time I get to NC border as I am planning a very slow start. What part of Iowa are you from? See you out there!

Marty

skypup888
02-07-2012, 16:24
Northwest iowa, and im gonna a have a slow start also ive been training but not quite the same as the trail lol