Mile 0
This was my first thru hike.
- Where I started: Cap Gaspe, Quebec
- Where I ended: Key West, Florida
- States crossed: 16 American, 2 Canadian
- Start date: July 1st, 2016
- Finish date: Jan 21st, 2017
- Total miles: 4,798.6 on trail, ~4,900 total(walking in and out of towns, off trail)
- Duration: 205 days, or 6 months 20 days
- Total footsteps: 10 million
- Zero (milage) days: 27 (Prior to beginning I had only planned 9)
- Most zero days in a row: 5 right after finishing the Florida Trail
- Average daily miles excluding zeros: 27mpd
- Average daily miles including zeros: 23.4mpd
- International Appalchian Trail average daily miles: 19mpd
- Appalachian Trail average daily miles: 24mpd
- Florida Trail average daily miles: 39mpd
- Most miles in a single day: 53mi
- Starting weight: 170lbs
- Finishing weight: 169lbs
- Daily caloric intake: ~5,000-6,000 calories
- Favorite trail food: White chocolate macadamia Luna Bar
- Average time I would wake up: 6am
- Average time I would go to bed: 9pm
- Snakes: Much fewer than you’d expect
- Bears: 7 fuzzy cute things
- Moose: 7 mostly friendly mega fauna
- Favorite animal sightings: Ground hogs, seals, whales, star fish, moose, and porcupine!
- Number of socks destroyed: ~12 pairs
- Number of shoes destroyed: 5 pairs Alta Lone Peak 2.5s
- Blisters: 0
- Longest food carry: 7 days in Quebec
- How many mail drops: 29
- How many town resupplys: Too many to remember
- Total amount of times I had to get in a car: Only 6 times
- Longest I spent hiking with anyone else: 2 days
- Starting base pack weight: 5.7lbs
- Ending base pack weight: 5.9lbs
- Favorite piece of gear: Pa’lante Packs Cuben Simple
- Second favorite piece of gear: Montbell Thermawrap Jacket
- Third favorite piece of gear: My cheap Casio watch
- Gear I carried for a long time, but never used: Umbrella
- Most difficult section: Matane Wildlife Reserve in QC
- Favorite part of the hike: Gaspesie National Park in Quebec. Actually, all of quebec was awesome.
- Second favorite part: Maine & the Whites in NH
- Third favorite part: The Florida Trail! Gulf Islands National Seashore, Eglin East, Bradwell Bay, St. Marks NWR, Aucilla River, Suwannee River, Ocala NF, Big Cypress NP
- Honorable mentions: Grayson Highlands, Roan Highlands, Mcafee Knobb, Dragons tooth, ATC Headquarters, the Southernmost Point
- Coolest hostels: Auberge l’Amarre(QC), Shaws Hiker Hostel(ME), The Hiker Hut(ME), Everglades Hostel(FL)
- Total amount of miles walking roads: ~650mi
- Total amount of dogs that chased me: 30 thousand
- Total amount of dried beans I ate for dinner: 20lbs
- Total amount of fun? I’d do it again
Mile 4,800
Let the walking continue.
Jupiter