2005 thru-hikers

[sleeveless]

I plan on starting in GA in early March. Like a couple of other responses, it is all I think about. In fact I should be thinking about earning more money this year to cover expenses but my focus is already on the trail.

[swamper53]

I am going again next year ..March 21 or so. I had to bail due to stress fravture this year at the 501 shelter .... Cuppa Joe is my trail name.

[LacyK4]

Hi everyone. I am a newbie to this site...Got the hiking bug (again) after a trip to NC this weekend. Will be in "training" for a '05 AT hike. Any other folks looking to do overnighters on the AT "for practice"?? I live near Atlanta and would enjoy the company.

[boomerang]

I'm heading north in mid-to-late February. See you on the trail!

dave

[cupcake]

okay, i'm throwing my hat in the ring! i think i want to head out mid-march this time around ---- i want cooler/colder weather longer, and have more time for lower mileage and flexibility. yippy!
d

[Frosty]

Any other folks looking to do overnighters on the AT "for practice"?? I live near Atlanta and would enjoy the company.

I'll be in North Carolina for a writers conference Halloween weekend and would like to get in a hike or two the following week. It needn't be the AT. I was thinking about the Foothills Trail in SC, the Benton MacKaye Trail in GA, and there is a trail in NC whose name escapes me, but it covers a lot of peaks.

I will probably spend a night with relatives in Barnesville which I think is close to Griffin.

[skeeterfeeder]

I am looking at leaving around the 22nd of February. I need to consult the Farmer's Almanac to get a heads up on weather forecasts, but with El Nino coming again this year, I may just have to trust my luck to the winds of fate.

[slamajama]

....i hope to be makin the hike in 2005....

[robo]

I Hope To Be At Springer April,2, '05 I Wanted To Thru-hike After The Service In'77, So I'm Just Getting Around To It. I'll See You Out There,"robo'

[eyahiker]

Looking to do 1/2 in Spring.

[Simrose]

April 2 can't get here fast enough! That's my ideal start date ... may have to push back a day or two, but hoping not.

Robo - have you made your plans to get down to Springer yet? We seem to be heading in the same direction from about the same place and at the same time no less!

7 more months ...

[Flash Hand]

[QUOTE=gravityman]My wife and I are planning on starting March 1, 2005.

Gravity Man and Tuffie GA-WV 2001
Waffle and Danger Pee GA-MA 2005!!!!


i see your avatar that you are going to thru hike in 2005 but if you stop in MA, it is not considered a thru hike. MA = Massachusetts & ME = Maine.


Flash Hand

[Lone Wolf]

GA to Damascus March 2005

[sgtjinx]

I'll be heading up NOBO in 15 Mar 05. Unless the Huricanne blows me up on the trail alittle early.

Sgt Jinx

[robo]

Simrose, I've Got Friends From G.r. To Nashville That Are Going To Run A Relay To Get Me To Springer, Leaving 4-1-05 . Drop An E-mail, Plus I'm In Ka-zoo Every Couple Weeks- Someday I'll Write Something Profound On This Thing, I Still Feel Like Man Seeing Fire For The First Time When I'm On This. ////robo///

[nthadley]

Can't wait! I'll be leaving Springer near the end of March. However, if Bush wins in November, then I'm just going to live on the moon.

[Stan Johnson]

I plan on starting on June 1st.... sobo

[DeniseL]

If the finances work out, I'll be finishing this year's aborted thru in 2005. I'll do the sections I skipped (Hot Springs to just past Erwin, Watauga Dam to Damascus), go to trail days, then jump up to Catawba (where I left the trail) and continue north. At this time I don't have the desire to re-do the 556 miles I hiked this year, so I guess that makes me a section hiker.

[Chappy]

Can't wait! I'll be leaving Springer near the end of March. However, if Bush wins in November, then I'm just going to live on the moon.

You should start your packing (for the moon) now!

[Blue Jay]

You should start your packing (for the moon) now!

The Moon won't help. His intelligence (using that word loosely) has told him there are weapons of mass deception there. The American public will buy that one too.