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Thanks Hiker Mom for pointing me here. I don't hang out here on WB as much as I should :-/

I'm not much for labels because no two hikes are the same. What I did in 2012 was 270 individual yo-yo day hikes. Each day I did a piece of trail both ways until I had completed the entire trail...

I think Pond Flats was all finished, but when I did the south side of Roan mountain in Feb 2012 I counted 8 or 9 switch-backs in various phases of construction, set to replace the old badly eroded...

Hey Lyle - remember you well. I posted a comment on the ATC's Facebook page. That should get their attention. If not, I'll email them directly.

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1809233

Hiked the Little Calf Mtn relo September 30, so I guess my double thru was actually 0.7 miles longer than I'm claiming based on the 2012...

Well, the 2012 list of AT 2000 milers is up on the ATC web site and guess who's NOT listed there? Bureaucratic snafu/oversight? I hope so.
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Hmmmm ... let's talk little bits. Interesting that nobody has mentioned Mahoosuc Notch. The south face of North Kinsman. The upper half of the Beaver Brook Trail to Moosilauke. On the other end...

I think there's no set answer. Your feet will evolve. I just hiked an AT double (4368.4 miles) in ten months. I hiked the vast majority of the hike in trail runners (first pair was Asics Gel Trail...

I was just in Harper's Ferry completing my double 'thru-hike', and had an extensive discussion of this with Laurie Potteiger. The quote above never uses the term thru-hike, but the ATC does have an...

When it comes to the AT, I have to respectfully disagree, jakedatc. It's just my opinion, but the AT is a "National Scenic Trail" and envisioned for the use of the common man. It's not the...

The Smokies were the worst area for lack of road crossings. There are two 30 to 31 mile stretches of trail without any road crossings and with few options for inserting yourself via a side trail. ...

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1676412

As with every piece of the AT, I hiked Moosilauke both ways the same day, Glenclff to Kinsman Notch and then back. I loved it, particularly...

Thanks for all your responses. I once thought I had seen a web site that posts various records regarding AT hiking, but I couldn't find it, which is why I posted here.

Regarding some of your...

Saw two in Baxter SP a few days ago. Several more in the 100 mi wilderness. Six total on this hike to date

Experience from 3600 miles of hiking this year, in rain as cold as the low 30's F, I've found that temperature control is far more important than staying dry. If it rains heavily or a long time, you...

I've hiked over 3600 miles so far this calendar year, almost entirely in trail runners. The souls of my feet feel tough and numb from all the pounding on rough surfaces, but no other issues. I've...

I'm currently working on a 2012 double, hiking the entire AT strictly by day hikes, doing individual N-S, S-N daily yo-yo's and getting off the trail every night. In other words, I hike a small...

The photo above was meant as a reply to this comment by Iceman.

Sorry that I'm rusty with this posting stuff ...

16441 From the shelter register at Winnturi Shelter, VT :-)

Thank you Laurie. It feels right to have done this, given that Parkside did complete the journey with the help of his friends, and given that, in general, the completion of the trail is...

16374 RIP, Paul. We met twice on the trail, two months apart to the day. First coming down off Snowbird Mountain headed to Max Patch on March 6, and above on May 6th near the south end of High...

ATC posted the 'official notice' on their Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/ATHike?sk=wall&filter=2#

There's no direct link to the particular post. Scroll down to their entry for December...

Everything you said, plus in tall grass and weeds I push them in front of me close to the ground and 'sweep' for waiting ticks.

For the sake of counter-argument, the tracks my Garmin takes are time stamped every few seconds. When I create KML files for Google Earth, that time information is embedded and used for 'fly-by'...

Got a Garmin Oregon 550t to take on my 2012 double thru-hike. I don't carry it to navigate, but to document where I've been, including taking photos which double as waypoints. And I use it as my...