What is the average length to complete a NOBO thru hike, starting May 14th for two 22-year old males, in great physical shape (running/biking/swimming) but not the best hiking shape.
What is the average length to complete a NOBO thru hike, starting May 14th for two 22-year old males, in great physical shape (running/biking/swimming) but not the best hiking shape.
5 months........
Depends on which average you want. The mode (most common) would probably be 30 miles, os possibly 20 (Woody Gap and Neels Gap are popular places to quit.) The median is probably 500 miles (half the hikers drop out by Damascus.) The mean is likely closer to 1000 (the 20% who make it all the way pull up the mean.)
But for the original posters, yeah, 5 months is a good target.