2014 Thru-Hike Registry

[Sisu'14]

Trail Name: Sisu
Direction: NOBO with possible flip flop after Harper's Ferry
Estimated Start Date: Feb. 15 - Feb. 28 depending on weather. Clean start on a clear day. No precip. in forecast for day 1. Also need to see how far Georgia Tech Women's Basketball gets in the NCAA tournament. If they're going, no start until they lose.
Approach Trail: No
Location: Maryland
Retiring and need a life transition. blog: http;//jfetig.com

[Edro]

Trail Name: Edro
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: Mid to Late March
Approach Trail Probably not. Already Hiked it before.
I'll be 61 in July and looking forward to my 62nd somewhere along the trail in 2014. See ya there!

[jac115]

A friend and I are planning a NOBO Thru-Hike starting in late Mar 2014, weather permitting. We live in Grenada, MS and are old-timers. I will turn 71 on the trail in 2014 and Chet will be 66. If weather anything like this year, will move to early April. Planning on starting at Springer Mt if we can find it. No trail name, will take what's given.

[fletch]

Trail Name: Right here
Direction: North
Start Date:15 March (full moon)
Approach Trail: No
Time to quit thinking about it. Will be 62 when starting...hopefully still walking northward when I turn 63 in July 2014

[Glenn Gordon]

Trail name: None - hopefully will be given one and not one from me doing something stupid
Direction: NOBO
ESD: Late March, April 1 at the lastest (would that make me an April fool?)
Approach Trail - Undecided
Hitting 49 next year - son is off to college this year - better time than any. Why wait?

[Green Bean]

Trail Name: None
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: February
Approach Trail - Yes

[Sara]

Trail Name: None Yet
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: April 12
Approach Trail: No
Any additional info: http://www.trailjournals.com/Sara

I was originally going to hike 50% but I am doing the full 100%!
Got my leave of absence approval today.

[Darwin13]

Trail Name - Darwin
Nobo
Mid/Late March
Approach Trail - YES


Want to have adventures.

[Stir Fry]

Trail Name: Stir Fry
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: March 29
Approach Trail I have done it, but do plane to hike and stay at Len Foot night before. First day on the AT will be the 30th.
I'll be retiring on March 1st. I'm not sure which I'm more excited about, Retiring or Hiking. Guess I'm a little scared about both.

[Coosa]

Take me off the list. I'm hiking a section of the AT right now and realize that my short legs, knees, and unstable balance are a face-plant away from physical rehab/therapy - if I'm fortunate.

(Rocks past Pogo campsite & Rock Field past High Rocks - in MD - fell once & nearly fell or face planted so many times I quit counting.)

So, I am going to hike what I can and camp where I can at least see Katahdin.

This is true >> Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. << for me.

I hope to hike a section SoBo from MD next year ... Starting the first week of May ... See some of you on the Trail!

Hiking in memory of my Dad
http://chasingthetrail.blogspot.com

Coosa
PS don't feel sorry for me or give me the Zach Davis pep talk ... I've talked to a Section Hiker finishing up her last 100+ miles & she gave sage advice ... I'm hiking my own hike ... Even if I never hike Sages Ravine or the Kinsmans or up from Crawford Notch or mile 3 & 4 up to Katahdin! I hope to make reservations at Katahdin Stream Campground next year!

[fireemt]

Trail Name - Ice-Fire
Direction - NOBO
Estimated Start Date - Mid-March 2014.
Approach Trail - Yes
I will be retiring next year. I always wanted to do this, Good time

[kythruhiker]

Trail Name: The hiker formerly known as Ky Thru...time for a new moniker, open to all suggestions and abuse.
Direction: In general, North, perhaps some East and West with the occasional South thrown in for good measure.
Estimated Start Date: March 15th
Approach Trail: Most likely not, but possibly
Any additional info: Hope to start with good buddy wudhipy and possibly another friend, plan on hiking together until one of us leave the other(s) in a haze of dust/mud/methane.

[kentucky android]

Ky Android
NOBO
Estimated start date mid April
No Aporoach-Too many stairs lol
Started my 2013 thru hike in mid march and was forced off the trail only a little over 100 miles later with family issues. Maybe this year! Wish me luck!

[Fakin the Funk]

Trail Name - Heavily armed sleeper, approach yes, sobo, june 15

[TwoSpirits]

Take me off the list. I'm hiking a section of the AT right now and realize that my short legs, knees, and unstable balance are a face-plant away from physical rehab/therapy - if I'm fortunate.

(Rocks past Pogo campsite & Rock Field past High Rocks - in MD - fell once & nearly fell or face planted so many times I quit counting.)

So, I am going to hike what I can and camp where I can at least see Katahdin.

This is true >> Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. << for me.

I hope to hike a section SoBo from MD next year ... Starting the first week of May ... See some of you on the Trail!

Hiking in memory of my Dad
http://chasingthetrail.blogspot.com

Coosa
PS don't feel sorry for me or give me the Zach Davis pep talk ... I've talked to a Section Hiker finishing up her last 100+ miles & she gave sage advice ... I'm hiking my own hike ... Even if I never hike Sages Ravine or the Kinsmans or up from Crawford Notch or mile 3 & 4 up to Katahdin! I hope to make reservations at Katahdin Stream Campground next year!

Sorry to hear it, Coosa. But you are right -- you hike the hike that is right for you. Hope to see you somewhere on the trail next year!
Happy hiking!

[cmns]

Trail Name: We'll see what comes up on the trail...
Direction: SOBO
Est. Start Date: Early June, 2014
Approach Trail: We shall see

Graduating from college in May 2014; trying to get a little brain break and do something exciting!

[Cornish_Will]

Trail Name: nothing yet
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: Between the 1st and 15th March?
Approach Trail: Yep

Just finished university and am now saving like crazy; flights and visa on top of the general costs is a pain but it's so gonna be worth it! Occupying my spare time with lots of training, planning, and reading/ watching of AT journals. Best of luck to everyone with their preperations, very much looking forward to meeting a lot of you next year.
Will.

[anneelizabeth]

Trail Name: Shivers
Direction: Nobo
Start Date: Mid-March
Approach Trail: Yes

I started hiking sections last year, but I'm ready for the immersion that a thru-hike allows. Planning on starting solo. I live near Hot Springs, NC, so if anyone is in the area (or would like to make a trip) and wants to hike this summer/fall/winter, contact me.

[MtnRider1981]

Trail Name: don't have one yet.
Direction NOBO
Estimated Start Date Middle March
Approach Trail - yea, why not?

I have been thinking about the Appalachian Trail since 2009. I almost quit college to thru in 2010, but decided to finish instead. I'll graduate in December, and then ask the mountains to tell me who I am.

[dandandan]

Trail Name: Tommy Lee Jones
Direction: Nobo
Start Date: March 1
Approach Trail: doubt it

An ankle injury stopped my 2012 thru hike attempt 820 miles into it. coming back to start over and try it again.