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Mother Natures Son
07-17-2013, 19:16
I saw on the news today the youngest Thru-Hiker (age 15??) is now at the midway point of the AT. Can anyone tell us more about this young person?

Lone Wolf
07-17-2013, 19:28
I saw on the news today the youngest Thru-Hiker (age 15??) is now at the midway point of the AT. Can anyone tell us more about this young person?

she is NOT the youngest thru-hiker. do some research. and she's not "thru" yet

Rasty
07-17-2013, 19:29
I saw on the news today the youngest Thru-Hiker (age 15??) is now at the midway point of the AT. Can anyone tell us more about this young person?

she is NOT the youngest thru-hiker. do some research. and she's not "thru" yet

Youngest solo?

hikerboy57
07-17-2013, 19:32
Youngest solo?
no, shes sees mom every day.sassafras is 13 came off the trail in ft Montgomery ny.hiking with her father, but I believe shes capable on her own. incredible young lady.

Deco
07-17-2013, 19:51
What about Balls and sunshine? Father daughter team did the AT last summer, she was 12 or 13 and are currently doing the Continental Divide and did the PCT before the AT. Now that's impressive!!!!!

Lone Wolf
07-17-2013, 19:55
Mike Cogswell was 6 in 1980 when he did the trail with his parents

JustaTouron
07-17-2013, 20:12
The *absolute youngest* did it invertro, I recall reading about a women who thru hiked in pregnant with her husband.

Lone Wolf
07-17-2013, 20:19
The *absolute youngest* did it invertro, I recall reading about a women who thru hiked in pregnant with her husband.

nope. in this society fetuses are not considered humans

JustaTouron
07-17-2013, 20:25
nope. in this society fetuses are not considered humans


Let's not go there. I was trying to inject humor, not start a pro-life, pro-choice debate.

Lone Wolf
07-17-2013, 20:27
Let's not go there. I was trying to inject humor, not start a pro-life, pro-choice debate.

use smileys:):sun:cool::p:mad::eek::-?

msumax1985
07-17-2013, 20:47
Nine year old "Pink Panther" was hiking NOBO with her parents. Met them at the NOC and again at Fontana.

rocketsocks
07-17-2013, 20:58
Just throwing this kids hat in the ring, not that he's the youngest, still quite the accomplishment.


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max patch
07-17-2013, 22:34
Chipmunk (15 yo) is currently being billed as the youngest to solo thru hike the AT.

Her mom meets her at the end of each day in their camper.

Heck of an accomplishment if she can pull this off, and props to mom for the support, but I think Mr. Webster would have a hard time defining this as a "solo" hike.

http://www.ridethenation.org/1415-yro-chipmunks-solo-appalachian-trail-thru-hike-quest.html

Nutbrown
07-18-2013, 08:26
Chipmunk was either just in front, or just behind me when I hiked Md over the 4th of July weekend. Heard a lot of interesting things about her and was sorry I didn't meet her. From what was said, she has one determined head on her shoulders.

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07-18-2013, 08:45
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I actually met this father/son team by pure coincidence at Cove Mt. shelter in VA. My husband, daughter and I were backpacking water up to the shelter a few years ago during a drought in VA.

I enjoyed chatting with them. I had no idea, at the time, they were going "public" with their hike. :cool:

Feral Bill
07-18-2013, 09:36
The youngest of The Family From The North was, I believe, a preschooler.

JustaTouron
07-18-2013, 18:36
The youngest of The Family From The North was, I believe, a preschooler.

Yes, but did she hike it? From my memory of the barefoot sisters book, she was carried the whole way.

kidchill
07-18-2013, 19:37
Yes, but did she hike it? From my memory of the barefoot sisters book, she was carried the whole way.

Yah, I was thinking that too...but I'm pretty sure was swaddled in some kind of carrier deal.

Ktaadn
07-19-2013, 12:21
Yah, I was thinking that too...but I'm pretty sure was swaddled in some kind of carrier deal.

HYOH. If that was her style than who are we to judge?

JustaTouron
07-19-2013, 17:30
HYOH. If that was her style than who are we to judge?


If she applied for a 2000-mile rocker I got no problem with that. But I would give the title of "youngest thruhiker" to the youngest person who actually walked.

Sarcasm the elf
07-19-2013, 19:50
While I dont have any sources handy, I had read in multiple place several years back that the youngest known thru hiker was 5-6 years old. No idea if the kid walked all of it or was carried part of the way.

Lone Wolf
07-19-2013, 21:03
Yah, I was thinking that too...but I'm pretty sure was swaddled in some kind of carrier deal.


HYOH. If that was her style than who are we to judge?

uhhhh, it wasn't the child's style. pretty sure the mama made that choice

zanagirl2271
07-22-2013, 11:12
So far the youngest that I know of was my daughter who was one and a half at the time. I carried her in a pack on my back but she actually took her first steps on the AT :) Her trail name is Easy Rider; fitting right? :) My second youngest daughter was seven at the time. Her trail name is Shortcut. We're not looking for any awards just passing on info~

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Hill Ape
07-22-2013, 13:43
first steps on the trail, that is classic! hope you got pictures.

as far as records go though, i don't care for them. just one more thing that has over commercialized the trail and turned into some sort of compitition. doesn't prove anything. no one conquers the trail, the trail will be here long after we're gone. the mountains will outlast the trail.

there is no solo hike on the AT, not anymore. its all a matter of how much support, how much trail magic, how many thumbed rides, garvey, gimme free, the individual hiker can live with.

i was 12 when i hiked from my front door ellijay to gatlinburg. never hitched, no parents in an rv, no support, avoided people like the plague. was i solo? debatable, you're never alone on the trail. did i have fun? i had a GREAT time. that was my record, that was the award.

check your egos at the trailhead.