My friend Brandon is hiking the trail and here is his trail journal for anyone interested:
He and his dad were supposed to do it last year and covid shut everything down. So this year they started out April 3 and he's over 100 miles already. His dad made it 25 miles and decided to bail. Brandon is my son's age (38), so his dad has to be at least late 50s-early 60s. He was feeling good and wanted to keep it that way.
I have no interest in hiking AT and know my limitations, so I live vicariously through others.
He and his dad were supposed to do it last year and covid shut everything down. So this year they started out April 3 and he's over 100 miles already. His dad made it 25 miles and decided to bail. Brandon is my son's age (38), so his dad has to be at least late 50s-early 60s. He was feeling good and wanted to keep it that way.
I have no interest in hiking AT and know my limitations, so I live vicariously through others.