General Questions

I have gotten a lot of questions recently, so I will try to answer them here.

• How will you blog while on the AT?
• I plan on writing in a journal every night before I go to sleep and will be able to type and upload posts whenever I go into town. I'll try to go into town every 10 days or so to do laundry, take a shower, and update this blog. That's the plan, at least.
• When will you be at insert location here?
• I do have a day-by-day schedule right now, but I'll probably end up tossing it within the first week. It's just really difficult to predict what my body will be able to handle on any given day. That being said, I do have some general goals of where I would like to be by certain dates.
• Will you be going with someone?
• I will be hiking alone and I will be carrying all of my own stuff, but do not worry about me, there will be plenty of other people around. My starting date, April 15th, is one of the most popular starting dates among thru-hikers. I have heard stories of near 100 hikers starting on that day, so I will not be hiking alone, nor will I be camping alone.
• How far will you hike each day?
• I will start off relatively slow, hiking 8-10 miles a day. After about a week, I hope to push that to 12-15 miles per day. Eventually, I will try and hike 20 miles/day. In the middle of the AT, there are some sections where people have hiked 30 mile days. At that point, it really just depends on how my knees, legs, and feet feel.

If anyone has any more questions, just ask! I love telling people about this stuff. I'm really excited to start hiking.

Adam