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Any AT Thru-hike attempts this year?
Posted on 1/5/23 at 8:35 am
Posted on 1/5/23 at 8:35 am
I know we had one try in the last year or so but he did not get much into NC if I remember correctly.
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Posted on 1/5/23 at 8:40 am to Trailer Trash
I only wish I had known about it when I finished school. Would have been the perfect time.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 8:43 am to AlxTgr
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only wish I had known about it when I finished school.
This.
It would be nice to do it one day, but section hiking with my boys is probably a better alternative.
This post was edited on 1/5/23 at 8:44 am
Posted on 1/5/23 at 9:02 am to AlxTgr
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I only wish I had known about it when I finished school. Would have been the perfect time.
Yep. Next chance I'll get is after I retire.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 9:03 am to Shexter
quote:Same, and I will probably not be up to it then.
Next chance I'll get is after I retire
Posted on 1/5/23 at 10:04 am to AlxTgr
Mine will be at retirement also if ever.
I even lived in Atlanta for my first job but I was to busy chasing tang in Buckhead.
I even lived in Atlanta for my first job but I was to busy chasing tang in Buckhead.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 10:20 am to Trailer Trash
quote:Looks like we need to start up a group for...what... 2032?
Mine will be at retirement also if ever.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 10:22 am to Trailer Trash
I'm hoping to hike the GA segments in the next few years. Trying to add them on my to do list
Posted on 1/5/23 at 10:36 am to Trailer Trash
I hiked the AT in 2013 and the PCT in 2017. I'll be doing the CDT this year. Start date is 24th of March, heading NOBO. I am so excited! 
Posted on 1/5/23 at 11:08 am to LSU Tigerhead
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doing the CDT this year.
This is my retirement hike. Hopefully while it's still a little wild.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 11:17 am to AlxTgr
quote:
only wish I had known about it when I finished school. Would have been the perfect time.
Come on Alx, it didn't exist way back then...
Posted on 1/5/23 at 11:17 am to LSU Tigerhead
Thats awesome TigerHead
You going to Youtube it like the younger generation or use Trailjournals?
I think I have read that the CDT is less defined trailwise than the AT or PCT. Also how bad was the desert portion and then the snow when you did PCT?
You going to Youtube it like the younger generation or use Trailjournals?
I think I have read that the CDT is less defined trailwise than the AT or PCT. Also how bad was the desert portion and then the snow when you did PCT?
Posted on 1/5/23 at 11:33 am to bbvdd
quote:Hey now, I am not as old as Geauxt.
Come on Alx, it didn't exist way back then...
Posted on 1/5/23 at 11:36 am to Trailer Trash
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I think I have read that the CDT is less defined trailwise
Yep, you need skills for the CDT.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 11:57 am to LSU Tigerhead
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I hiked the AT in 2013 and the PCT in 2017.
congrats brother
my good friend did the AT solo in 2017 and hiked the PCT last year with his wife. They stopped at the OR/WA border MM 2144, approx. 500 miles short.
I've always wanted to kayak the MS River from MN to the GOM. Not sure I'll ever do it but it's a desire
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:51 pm to AlxTgr
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I only wish I had known about it when I finished school. Would have been the perfect time.
Going to respectfully argue against it being the perfect time. I did it 13 years into my career and I don't think it could have come at a more perfect time (both for career reasons and personal reasons).
I have shared this before, but it really makes you realize how the simpler life is a much more enjoyable life. It ends up being 6 months of practicing needs vs wants and has been a life change for me. I think having worked for those years before hiking really made it hit home how much I took for granted and just how easy it is to get in a "rut".
Posted on 1/5/23 at 1:30 pm to TimeOutdoors
quote:My career would be effectively over. It's not something my line of work could ever recover from.
(both for career reasons and personal reasons).
Posted on 1/5/23 at 2:15 pm to TimeOutdoors
My brother in law completed the PCT a couple years ago, prior to him talking about it leading up I'd never really heard about thru-hiking.
It's something I wished I'd known about when younger, and at this point my career and family life wouldn't make it a doable thing until much later down the road.
I'm fascinated by it though, the simplicity of living, the toughness to complete, I have respect and envy for anyone that can do it.
It's something I wished I'd known about when younger, and at this point my career and family life wouldn't make it a doable thing until much later down the road.
I'm fascinated by it though, the simplicity of living, the toughness to complete, I have respect and envy for anyone that can do it.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 8:51 pm to Trailer Trash
For the past few years, I pick out a few YouTubers who are going to attempt the AT and follow them. I haven’t really found anyone this year that interests me yet but I’m still looking. Last year, I watched Jay Wanders Out and The Heard Hiker and a couple of others who quit along the way.
Watching PCT attempts has gotten frustrating because of the fire closures that seem to happen every year now multiple times.
I can’t imagine ever getting to do a thru hike but a good section hike sounds doable.
Watching PCT attempts has gotten frustrating because of the fire closures that seem to happen every year now multiple times.
I can’t imagine ever getting to do a thru hike but a good section hike sounds doable.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 8:32 am to BobABooey
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The Heard Hiker
I watched his stuff last year. I tried to watch a PCT hiker named Sunshine also but ended up getting bored with it. The PCT is spectacular but water and towns feel few and far between at times.
Trying to figure out who to watch this year myself. Some people do a really good job on trail journals and its fun to keep up with but others write it so generic that its boring very quickly
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