Through Hiker Bubble

[wi11ow]

Typically, where is the through hiker bubble the last week in June/first week of July?

[TOW]

Little north of Harpers Ferry

[map man]

TABLE 3 -- Date Landmarks Were Reached

MEDIAN DAY ~~ MEAN DAY ~~~ LANDMARK
March 17............March 20...........Springer
March 25............March 28...........Georgia Border
April 1................April 5...............Fontana
April 28..............April 29..............Damascus
May 29..............May 28..............Waynesboro
June 9...............June 8...............Harpers Ferry
June 29.............June 27..............DWG
July 12..............July 10...............Kent
Aug. 5...............Aug. 2...............Glencliff
Aug. 15.............Aug. 12..............Gorham
Aug. 26.............Aug. 22..............Stratton
Sept. 9..............Sept. 4..............Katahdin!


This table tracking "typical" thru-hiker progress is based on 240 trail-journal using completing thru-hikers. The heart of the NOBO bubble leaves PA the last week of June and is in NJ and NY in the first week of July.

Here's a link to the article it came from:

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/content....ion-by-Section

[Huli]

TABLE 3 -- Date Landmarks Were Reached

MEDIAN DAY ~~ MEAN DAY ~~~ LANDMARK
March 17............March 20...........Springer
March 25............March 28...........Georgia Border
April 1................April 5...............Fontana
April 28..............April 29..............Damascus
May 29..............May 28..............Waynesboro
June 9...............June 8...............Harpers Ferry
June 29.............June 27..............DWG
July 12..............July 10...............Kent
Aug. 5...............Aug. 2...............Glencliff
Aug. 15.............Aug. 12..............Gorham
Aug. 26.............Aug. 22..............Stratton
Sept. 9..............Sept. 4..............Katahdin!


This table tracking "typical" thru-hiker progress is based on 240 trail-journal using completing thru-hikers. The heart of the NOBO bubble leaves PA the last week of June and is in NJ and NY in the first week of July.

Here's a link to the article it came from:

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/content....ion-by-Section

Do you have this data for SOBO?

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[map man]

Do you have this data for SOBO?

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SOBO mean date thru-hiker completers at TJ reached certain landmarks:

Katahdin ME -- June 24
Stratton ME -- July 9
Gorham NH -- July 20
Glencliff NH -- July 30
Kent CT -- August 21
DWG PA -- September 2
Harpers Ferry WV -- September 19
Waynesboro VA -- September 28
Damascus VA -- October 23
Fontana NC -- November 12
Springer GA -- November 22

I didn't include this in the article I wrote about SOBOs and how long they take to complete various sections because I only had a sample of 39 hikers. But here it is for what it is worth. And here is the link to that article:

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/content....T-Hiking-Rates

[wi11ow]

Thank you!

[LittleRock]

TABLE 3 -- Date Landmarks Were Reached

MEDIAN DAY ~~ MEAN DAY ~~~ LANDMARK
March 17............March 20...........Springer
March 25............March 28...........Georgia Border
April 1................April 5...............Fontana
April 28..............April 29..............Damascus
May 29..............May 28..............Waynesboro
June 9...............June 8...............Harpers Ferry
June 29.............June 27..............DWG
July 12..............July 10...............Kent
Aug. 5...............Aug. 2...............Glencliff
Aug. 15.............Aug. 12..............Gorham
Aug. 26.............Aug. 22..............Stratton
Sept. 9..............Sept. 4..............Katahdin!


This table tracking "typical" thru-hiker progress is based on 240 trail-journal using completing thru-hikers. The heart of the NOBO bubble leaves PA the last week of June and is in NJ and NY in the first week of July.

Here's a link to the article it came from:

http://whiteblaze.net/forum/content....ion-by-Section

Hi map man,

I took a long look at your article. Great work! Looks like it was a lot of effort but well worth it. Just curious, do you happen to have the raw data you used to create these summaries available in a spreadsheet?

[map man]

Hi map man,

I took a long look at your article. Great work! Looks like it was a lot of effort but well worth it. Just curious, do you happen to have the raw data you used to create these summaries available in a spreadsheet?

I do not. It's all written out by hand. I'm a bit of a Luddite.