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Wayward’s Appalachian Trail Thru Hike

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100 Mile Wilderness

Mark Kelley, aka Wayward, at the Appalachian Trail signpost at northern end of 100 Mile Wilderness on June 11th.(That clean blue jacket, hat, and white pants would soon get a lot dirtier.)

Thru-Hike Finish and Champagne on Springer

165 later on November 23rd, Wayward popping the cork on a bottle of champagne to celebrate the completion of an AT southbound thru-hike. (the blue jacket and hat survived. The white pants did not.)

Mark Kelley (trail name “Wayward” successfully thru-hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, southbound from Maine to Georgia, the opposite direction of most attempting a thru-hike.

Here are some quick facts about the adventure:

  • Hiked 2,175 Appalachian Trail miles from Maine to Georgia
  • Started at Mount Katahdin on June 11th and finished at Springer Mountain, Georgia November 23
  • Journey lasted 165 days total
  • Averaged 13.2 trail miles per day
  • The first  275 miles of Appalachian Trail in Maine took 39 days (7 miles / day)
  • 550 miles of Appalachian Trail in Virginia took 30 days (18.3 miles / day)
  • Finished the trail with 10 consecutive marathon days (26 miles / day) – also read, ready to be done with it
  • About 250 hikers to attempt the southbound thru-hike that season. Wayward was the 65th hiker passing through the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) in Harper’s Ferry, WV, and about the 16th to finish at Springer
  • Cost for the trip, including airfare to Bangor, ME from Raleigh, NC, was about $5,500 (Waiting on full cost analysis)

The dates, miles and ordering don’t have significance, but I wanted to show the scale of the southbound experience. 

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Wayward’s southbound thru-hike was completed solo, but he hooked up with numerous hikers and hiker groups along the way.

Read Wayward’s Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker Blog

Thru-Hikers on Max Patch, North Carolina.

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