Originally Posted by
George
impractical to obtain partners/ form a group off the trail, certainly it does not hurt to let out there that you are interested,
but IMO this would be the best chance:
start friday feb 22 - do only 5-8 miles for the first 4-5 days, this way you have the best chance to communicate with all the starters from that weekend - have an idea of a target finish date - share contact info with those who have a similar finish goal and would be your likely companions - hike on and see what happens - give a report on how it works out