Appalachian Trail - 2011 Thru Hikers

[Brad]

He is putting the miles behind himself very fast. He has commented he would love to be on MW for STP - but, he does not plan that far in advance.

[Snow Miser]

He is putting the miles behind himself very fast. He has commented he would love to be on MW for STP - but, he does not plan that far in advance.

It would be very nice if the timing works out for this.

[Charlie]

well he will be in town tomorrow and we are going to eat good i made my Ribs and sausage ,peppers and onions he wanted some red wine we have chips and my home made salsa
Dave got Bacon and eggs for sat morning
should be fun

[Bill O]

Could he conceivably make it to MWN by STP?

Would that leave him about another month to finish from there? Seems very fast.

[BlueDog]

Goose MUST be on Kathadin first week of August. By my estimates, he needs to be past MW by the time STP comes.

[BlueDog]

As of 12:40 PM EDT on 5/21/11... Goose OFFICIALLY had an equal number of trail miles ahead of him as he did behind! Now the counting down begins.

[Charlie]

The goose is in PA

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[MOAB149]

I was honored and privileged to host Goose, Yard Sale AKA Jelly Pants and Always Fine at the family cabin. They consumed enough calories there to complete the trek.

That's Mark behind Goose. He started out with a trail name of Jelly Pants after dripping Jelly on his pants. While staying at the family cabin, he discovered an awesome pair of hiking pants for seventy-five cents at a nearby YARD SALE. So, we all think his trail name should be changed to YARD SALE. What say you? The poll on Facebook is 12:1 in favor of YARD SALE.

Charlie created a feast for the Thru-Hikers and everyone else in attendance.

The support team after a short and "quick" six mile hike from Shippensburg Road to the official midway point.

The "Half Gallon Challenge" at Pine Grove Furnance. We helped, but just a little, LOL!

[Mackmom]

Congrats Goose!! Looks like some awesome trail magic!! Zhivago officially finished his flip flop yesterday in PA where he stepped off the trail last year and sent the following message:

2178.6mi
6,000,000 steps just on the trail.
191 days including "zero" rest days.
600,000 calories.
25 lbs of lost body weight. Now- 134
500 Excedrin.
18F low temp
96F high temp
65mph highest wind
35 lbs max backpack weight.
29 lbs avg backpack weight
3 pairs of Merrell shoes.
15 pairs of socks.

Lots of blisters, a hernia, three shin splints, sprained toes, a twisted knee, wet soggy feet................And lots of very nice people.

[BlueDog]

Congrats Zhivago!!