Where will you be a year from today?

[forrest!]

Today is 4/24/12. Next year I will have been on the trail 24 days. Hopefully I will be exiting the Smokies, which means I will be stepping on new trail for the first time (I've already section hiked everything south of Davenport Gap).

So where will you be in a year?

[Lone Wolf]

almost died one day 3 years ago. heart actually stopped a few times. a year from now? who the hell knows

[quilteresq]

On the trail somewhere! No definite start date, but if my daughter is still living in DC area, will stop for her birthday before hitting the trail - March 2. So start will be between March 5 - 7-ish? Hopefully that will put me north of Smokies by then.

[oldbear]

Starting on Springer Sunday 3/24
Hope to average 10 mpd for the first month
Hot Springs NC.

[MyName1sMud]

I'll be on trail somewhere near you as it sounds like we are starting out at the same time.

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[SCRUB HIKER]

On my way down to Day Zero of the PCT! (if it's on the same weekend in April as this year)

[Hellush]

Planning to be on the trail myself this time next year. Not sure if my start date will be in March or April. Will be my first attempt at a thru hike!

[ChinMusic]

Like to think about Daleville

[kayak karl]

Shalom, 4/24/2013 will be "The Second Passover" means second chance, that it's never a 'lost case'

[WhiplashEm]

I'm definitely planning to be on the trail somewhere, and very excited. I'm kinda with Lone Wolf though, who the hell knows? Life changes so quickly. "Wherever you go, there you are."

[Maven]

oldbear, See you are a young 58 as i am. i live on the other end of 50 in titusville. A sunday the 24th sound like a good start date. See you there!!

[earlyriser26]

Retired and putting in more miles on the AT. I will only do about 6o miles this year. Hope for 200 next year.

[rocketsocks]

Rearing trail journals till it's my time.

[ChinMusic]

Rearing trail journals till it's my time.

Just don't rear any hikers when it IS your time............

[rocketsocks]

Just don't rear any hikers when it IS your time............Nope,don't want to do that,oh those pesky keys:o

[Odd Man Out]

What I always do on my birthday - grade final exams.

[Badger]

Awesome question. This past month, whenever I get bored at work, I'll open a spreadsheet with AT mileage and figure out where I'll be a year from now. Starting 3/17 and I'm thinking Erwin. Which probably means the one place I won't be this time next year is Erwin!

[rocketsocks]

Awesome question. This past month, whenever I get bored at work, I'll open a spreadsheet with AT mileage and figure out where I'll be a year from now. Starting 3/17 and I'm thinking Erwin. Which probably means the one place I won't be this time next year is Erwin!
hey,it's a brave man that can put an X on the ocean.have a great hike

[Monkeywrench]

Three years ago today I was sitting on the front porch of the Hiker's Inn in Damascus, enjoying a gloriously sunny day (not many of them in the spring of '09) and chatting with other hikers as they walked by.

A year from today? Who knows?!

[forrest!]

almost died one day 3 years ago. heart actually stopped a few times. a year from now? who the hell knows

I understand. My family has a history of dying in their 59th year. My grandmother, uncle, father, and brother, all dead at 59. I would be lying if I said that was not weighing on my mind. Next year, when I start my thru hike, I will be 59...

[WIAPilot]

Plan to start 4/1/2013 as well. Hope to see you there.

[Kinnickinic]

I hope that I will not be sitting here, reading Trailjournals and White Blaze. God willing, I'll be somewhere just south of Damascus, ready to say "hi" to Lone Wolf and the rest of you Damaskins.--Kinnickinic

[Badger]

I understand. My family has a history of dying in their 59th year. My grandmother, uncle, father, and brother, all dead at 59. I would be lying if I said that was not weighing on my mind. Next year, when I start my thru hike, I will be 59...

So who's up for a dead pool on Class of 2013? Dibs on forrest!

Just kidding. You're going to successfully complete the trail or however much you choose to and defy the family odds! My prediction.

[Sugarfoot]

One year from today, I will be coming into Stover Creek Shelter, after a nice walk from the visitor's center at Amicalola Falls State Park. I'm too old to wish a year away, but part of me would iike it to be next year!

[Giantsbane]

According to the table on where hikers usually are, I should be just leaving Damascus.

[Cherokee Bill]

May "09", Bladder Cancer changed everything. 4/1/12 I retired after 43-yrs with the same Defense contractor. Damn shoulder problem has kept me off the AT for 2-yrs, but have found an excellent Chiropractor and things are improving!

I do not know if in 2013 (I'll be 66 yo) I'll have the drive to attempt a Thru-hike? Always wanted to do a thru-hike, but at 66 who knows?

Stay tuned !!!!!!

The Best to All U folks!

[Feral Nature]

I will start my AT hike mid-march. :)

[forrest!]

5/1/2013 - where will I be? I'll have been on the trail a month. I hope past Hot Springs and Erwin, but probably not to the Virginia line yet, which is ~460 miles. More likely I'll be passing Watauga Lake - if I'm lucky.

[Darwin13]

Finishing the last semester of college and my last year playing college basketball, waiting with every fiber in my body for the begin of my 2012 NOBO hike starting in mid May. I am trying to set a September 15th absolute last day deadline. I know I can do it.



Darwin

[Live_for_hiking]

May "09", Bladder Cancer changed everything. 4/1/12 I retired after 43-yrs with the same Defense contractor. Damn shoulder problem has kept me off the AT for 2-yrs, but have found an excellent Chiropractor and things are improving!

I do not know if in 2013 (I'll be 66 yo) I'll have the drive to attempt a Thru-hike? Always wanted to do a thru-hike, but at 66 who knows?

Stay tuned !!!!!!

The Best to All U folks!

Grats on 3 years being cancer free. This year will both fly and drag by as you plan and wait for your 2013 attempt. By the time you finish, you will only have a few months until your 5 year check up. Sounds like a good plan to me.....

[Blissful]

A year from now - ?

Two possibilities -

Either getting ready to do part I of the PCT (OR and WA) in July

Or if I love it enough, ridge running again...

We'll see....

[Derek81pci]

Who knows where I will be. I'm trying to save every penny I get to be able to leave July 1st for my SOBO thru. Super expensive car repairs and possibly having to move from my current residence June 1st are just a few of the things that may make be have to put it off til next year. But ah well, that's life. I know I will do SOBO though, no desire to do NOBO.

[Oneofsix]

somewhere between Erwin and the Virginia state line . . . .

[Montana Mac]

3 years ago today it was my 63rd day on the trail. I spent the night at Gravel Springs Hut. Depending on how my foot feels and what the docotr says I would like to think I would be close to the hut again this time next year.

[Danl]

Retired and hopefully North of Damascus, Va.

[Cherokee Bill]

Thanks for the reply! As to the 5-yr checkup. I have to have the inside of my Bladder examined for Cancer every 6-mo, for life. Bladder Cancer is like a weed, you pull i up and it wants to come back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mountain Mojo]

Hopefully sleeping under the starz somewhere on the AT... I'll be 51 next year and living my dream! This year is for planning and preparation lol

[Live_for_hiking]

If I leave March 1st .... I expect I'll be in or around Harpers Ferry.

[OzJacko]

On 24/4/2013 (sorry we write the day/month the other way here) I will be probably having some sort of communication with my wife as it will be 25th April in Australia and that is one of our more important holidays.
I am not going to try and minutely plan my hike. The 6 month limit on a visa will mean I will be aiming at 150-155 days overall but will just keep an eye on things that I don't have too high a required mileage to finish in time. No drop boxes etc to plan - we will use a bounce box with about 4-5 bounces.

[forrest!]

Looks like I am changing to a SOBO, so on 6/1/2013 I will be dodging the blackflies somewhere in the 100 mile wilderness. Assuming that spring is not late on Katahdin and the trail is open...

[Adfischer]

On my last prep trip before taking my son to Philmont!

[Derek81pci]

Packing my apartment and going to the Greyhound station to catch my bus to Bangor, Maine!

[ChinMusic]

Having a Taylor Ham Sandwich at Joe to Go............

[rocketsocks]

Well if I play my cards right,I'll be sitting here with a full belly of fathers day food,thanks to my lovely wife and chilren.And thinking,"I wonder if Chin made it to Joe's place,and did he get thrown out,and is in the parking lot right now doing a pee pee dance,and is contemplating the bushes".:D

[ChinMusic]

Well if I play my cards right,I'll be sitting here with a full belly of fathers day food,thanks to my lovely wife and chilren.And thinking,"I wonder if Chin made it to Joe's place,and did he get thrown out,and is in the parking lot right non doing a pee pee dance,and is contemplating the bushes.:D

If I make it that far I will def report on my day.

[rocketsocks]

If I make it that far I will def report on my day.Out standing,lookin forward to it.You'll make it,got a feelin,but if ya don't,thats ok,appaertlly joe is not going anywhere.I wonder if he ships......

[ChinMusic]

appaertlly joe is not going anywhere.I wonder if he ships......

He ships FedEx, not USPS, not UPS, and don't even consider DHL. All boxes must be self-addressed with black ink, printed, and prepaid. Boxes must be 12x8x16. Requests must be accompanied with cash (exact change) and arrive on a Tuesday. Joe reserves the right to deny any order for any reason.

[rocketsocks]

He ships FedEx, not USPS, not UPS, and don't even consider DHL. All boxes must be self-addressed with black ink, printed, and prepaid. Boxes must be 12x8x16. Requests must be accompanied with cash (exact change) and arrive on a Tuesday. Joe reserves the right to deny any order for any reason.Maybe when you open the box it has a prerecorded message(like in the birthday cards)with him yell,eat your food,and shut the damn box,hiker trash,but prolly not

[WIAPilot]

LOL You guys are hilarious!

[Thomas Mackay]

Today is August 16th. In one year I will be closing in on Mt Katahdin, before the weekend is over I'll have finished the north half of the AT and will shift my sights to Mt Springer.