2014 Thru-Hike Registry

[Paul the Brit]

Looks like there will be a few Brits on the trail this year! I originally lived in Melton Mowbray and my son, who I hope is joining me, still lives there. Starting in Feb also we hope so will catch up along the way.

[Sandy B]

Trail Name: Sandy
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: March 10
Approach Trail: Yes
Any additional info that you want the world to know: will retire from USN after 30 years, underway Monday 10th of March. plan to hike until June, then off trail for a month, Go north and hike SOBO, hope to finish by Thanksgiving.

[Hey-Man]

Guess we'll meet each other somewhere on the approach trail! Looking forward to it....

[michaelosborne]

Trail Name: I don't have one yet.
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: Most likely either February 16th or 17th
Approach Trail - yes or no: Yes!!
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
I can't wait to start!!!!!!!! (:

[ZenMtn]

Trail Name: Not yet
Direction: SOBO
Estimated Start Date: Feb 1st
Approach Trail - yes
Additional Info: I have been wanting to take on the trail for a couple years. This is my last opportunity before graduate school. I love to talk and exchange knowledge. I sure hope to see you on the trail!

[mcgame]

Trail Name: None at this time
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: March 21st, unless it is snowing
Approach Trail - yes or no: Did it last year, will probably take the short route to Springer
any additional info that you want the world to know: Want to finish before the end of August. I'm from Maine (living in GA now), have been to Katahdin, now just need to fill in the middle.

[ScottTrip]

Trail Name: None at this time
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date : March 15th
Approach Trail - No

Have wanted to hike the AT since backpacking sections while at Western Kentucky University (1979). My children are grown, and had opportunity to retire early from IBM. It is TIME....

[Chicken_Scrambles]

Trail Name: don't have one yet
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: mid-April -- quitting my job after my 3 year anniversary there and leaving the city!
Approach Trail - sure!
Any additional info that you want the world to know: first timer! hiking with my cousin -- bussing down to GA then walking home to MA/VT with a pitstop at Bonnaroo in the middle

[Valley Girl]

Trail Name: Valley Girl, like omg!
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: Feb or March, 2014
Approach Trail: No
Any Additional Info: Hiking with my chocolate lab, Jake. I am excited about fulfilling this dream. I am also nervous about injuries, kennels, transportation and resupplying in town with a dog in tow. Any advice from thru hikers with dogs would be so appreciated.

[evansprater]

Trail Name - Late Bloomer (from last time, but open to letting a new one happen)
Direction - Northbound
Estimated Start Date - Between March 20th and April 1st (depends on how severe the winter is)
Approach Trail - No
Any additional info that you want the world to know: I hike 309.9 miles last fall from Springer to NC 212 road crossing. In that time I discovered that 1) I love hammocks, 2) I hate cold, 3) I'm a very social hiker (as much as I hate people working two customer service jobs, people who hike are actually intelligent/interesting), and 4) I'm probably going to be hiking in Vibrams because I have collapsed arches (which collapsed during my foray last fall and resulted in me getting orthotics, which I hate) and they're supposedly good for people in my situation. We'll see.

[fernweh]

Trail Name: None yet
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: Quite late, not till May
Approach Trail: undecided yet
Graduating college in May and wanted to do this before I changed my mind or got bogged down in real world jobs that I couldn't get away from!

[Illinois]

Trail Name - I've been called Illinois
Direction - NoBo
Start Date - Early/Mid-March
Approach Trail - Yup
Looking forward to next spring. Lots to do, lots to plan, lots of practice. Taking it one step at a time. Can't wait to step under that arch and meet all you'ns!

[Green Bean]

I posted earlier...but....what i have to say is.....I'm pretty much 1 million percent doing this, road blocks come, and they get handled--a dream is hard to live.. lesss go!!!!

Trail Name: None (Earlier) Now: Green Bean
Direction: NOBO (Earlier) Now: Flip Flop
Estimated Start Date: February (Earlier) Now: ? 2014
Approach Trail - Yes (Earlier) Now: Yes

[HardlyAble]

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Trail Name HardlyAble
Direction NOBO
Estimated Start Date Late April
Approach Trail - NO

Will be 64 and newly retired if all goes well. Thinking of NOBO to Harpers Ferry, riding to Maine and SOBO back to Harpers Ferry. Classic Flip-Flop.

[Noxial]

Trail Name: None yet!
Direction: NOBO form Erwin or Damascus, then flip back and SOBO to Springer.
Estimated Start Date: May 4th
Approach Trail: Of course!

The AT has been on my bucketlist since I was a little kid and I figure there's no better time to check it off than immediately after graduation! I'm in no rush to get intor the real world...and I can't thing of any better way to push it off than to get lost in the woods for half a year! Can't believe it's only around the corner, see ya on the trail!

[JessetheViking]

Trail Name: The Viking
Direction: North
Estimated Start Date: March 14th 2014
Approach Trail - yes
any additional info that you want the world to know:

I am 32 years old and quitting my job and leaving my wife and kids home while i attempt a thru hike of the AT. I am ready for this once in a lifetime attempt of a thru hike and to start living more simply. I have complete support of my wife and she will be bringing the kids for sporadic visits along the way. Being away from them will be the hardest part of my hike. See you out there!

[BigD]

Trail Name: None yet
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: March 22-24
Approach Trail - no

Been wanting to do this for many year and it seems the stars are aligned in such a way to make it happen. I would like to meet up with a few other NYers or northern PA people who are planning a thru hike for 2014.

[geomaniac]

Trail Name: None yet
Direction: Nobo
Start Date: Late Feb or early March
Approach Trail: Probably yes.

[Austin 2014]

Trail Name: none yet
Direction: NOBO
Estimated Start Date: March 22ish
Approach Trail: not sure

[amervin]

Trail Name: nothin yet
Direction: nobo
Start Date: 3/1/14
Approach Trail: hellz yeah

I've got a lot of thinking to do. Five or six months worth. Looking forward to the neutrality the trail will provide. Yeeeeee!