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| Name/Trailname |
Contact
Info
|
Type
of hike
|
Direction
of travel
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Start
Date
|
Length
of hike
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| TomTom |
gruntledpainter (at) gmail.com
|
thru-hike
|
eastbound
|
March
27 2010
|
14 mpd avg hopefully
|
| (Posted
3/5/10): Solo Eastbound Thru, first long-distance hike. Currently looking for a way to get to the trail from PHX Int'l. Any suggestions welcome! |
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| Red
and Gary |
redandgary
(at) hotmail.com
|
thru-hike
|
eastbound
|
March
20 2010
|
|
| (Posted
2/5/10): We'll be heading out of First Water on March 20th.
The plan is to go all the way. Looking forward to this one.
Cheers. |
| |
OfieToby |
james_h_stephens
(at) hotmail.com
505-259-5575
|
thru-hike
|
westbound
|
9/1/2010
|
700+
miles, 70 - 80 days
|
| (Posted
1/19/10): This will be my first attempt at long distance hiking.
So, I am not promissing anything except to try and make a beginning.
I will be happy to discuss plans with any prospective hikers.
I live in Albuquerque, NM and am familiar with the NM and AZ
terrain covered by the hike. |
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| Marmot
|
marmotwestvanc
(at) hotmail.com
|
thru-hike
|
eastbound
|
Feb
15 2010
|
45
days
|
| (Posted
1/16/10): Is there going to be anyone out there this early in
the year? I have Feb/March off this year---so I'm starting about
Feb 15th. Should take me about the same amount of time as the
AZT. If the snow is too deep I'll take low route around it.
|
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Alex
Grove
(Minkey) |
hikerbiker
(at) riseup.net
www.hikerbiker.org
|
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|
| (Posted
12/06/09): What an awesome site. Way more detailed info than
since the last time I checked out the site - that would have
been a couple of years ago - and what a beautiful presentation!
Thanks Brett for all you dreaming and work on this. Considering
hiking this intriguing trail as part of a larger hiking adventure
in the S.W. in spring 2011. |
| |
| rainmanvt
|
rainmanvt
(at) gmail.com
|
thru-hike
|
eastbound
|
Jan
1 2010
|
as
long as it takes
|
| (Posted
12/06/09): headed east from the supes.... any h20 info would
be great... thanks. |
| |
Bill
Dayton |
adayton
(at) stx.rr.com
(830) 775-1925
|
thru-hike
|
eastbound
|
April
2010
|
60-70
days
|
| (Posted
12/03/09): Looking to talk to anyone with information on what
to expect, mainly about how difficult it is to follow the trail. |
| |
Arlette
Laan
(Apple Pie) |
applepiepct03
(at) yahoo.com
|
|
eastbound
|
mid
January
|
as
much as we can being so early
|
| (Posted
11/27/09): Greenleaf and I are looking at doing as much of the
GET as we can weather and snow permitting. Doing lots of research
right now to see where we're likely to get in trouble. ; ) |
| |
Sage
Clegg |
sageclegg
(at) yahoo.com
(831)
236-1864
|
section
hike
|
flip-flop
|
~11/15/09
|
PHX-NM
@ Alma
|
| (Posted
10/29/09): I had the opportunity to hike westbound through NM
last fall and can hardly wait to see what the AZ GET has to
offer. If all goes well with weather and health and such I hope
to fly to Phoenix in mid Nov and hike eastbound to Alma/ Glenwood
where I got snowed out last year. Hoping for another fall full
of frigid nights, not too much snow, and many days of not quite
knowing where I am, but knowing I am finding my true direction
on the Grand Enchantment Trail. Oh- and if all goes to plan
(like that ever happens..) I will get to turn 30 while I am
out there- a 30 miler on my 30? |
| |
| Liz
Mares (La Zorra) |
azlazorra1
(at) yahoo.com
602-595-4953
|
thru-hike
|
westbound
|
Oct
1 09
|
the
whole GET
|
| (Posted
8/26/09): I'll be joining Tom Weir on a thruhike of the GET
starting approx. Oct. 1st, westward. I'm very excited and looking
forward to the navigational challenges. |
| |
| Tom
Weir |
tom_d_w
(at) hughes.net
509-432-1222
|
thru-hike
|
westbound
|
around
Oct 1 09
|
7-8
weeks,
the whole GET
|
| (Posted
8/21/09): Hello, I plan to thru-hike the G.E.T. westbound starting
on or just after October 1st. I plan to finish just before Thanksgiving.
Anyone else going to be out there? This sounds like my kind
of trail, wild and lightly used. |
| |
| d=rt
(dirt) |
firsttrxx
(at) hotmail.com
|
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| (Posted
6/1/09): I simply want to let anyone concerned know I am o.k.
after my sister's anxious message. I finished my thru-hike 5/13.
It was a marvelous hike. Thank you so much, Brett. |
| |
| Phil
Vermeyen |
pgvemeyen
(at) hotmail.com
|
thru-hike
|
westbound
|
Sept
15 09
|
thru
end Nov.
|
| (Posted
5/3/09): I'll be working in Alaska through early Sept., and
then plan to hike the GET beginning in mid-Sept. Anybody else
planning to be on the trail then? |
| |
| Brian |
btruitt
(at) gmail.com
|
section
hike
|
eastbound
|
May
23rd
|
|
| (Posted
2/12/09): I'm considering hiking a couple segments come the
end of May with a few friends. I'm considering going through
either the San Mateo Mts. or the Magdalenas. I'd rather the
prior though because I've never been there. This would be segments
28, 29 and about half of 30 to get to FR 107 to be picked up.
The other option would be to start at FR 107 and hike into the
town of Magdalena. So for questions: how likely is it that the
guide book chapters for these segments will be done by May?
Barring that, the most helpful information would be on how to
get from say, I-25, to the G.E.T. starting at segment 28. Can
you drive on Burma Rd (we'll have a jeep to take us there)?
I'd like to drive as far as possible to start. Walking from
Monticello would add an entire day to our trip pretty much.
I'll be buying the Topo CD in a couple weeks which will hopefully
answer most of our questions. Any general words of wisdom about
these segments would be handy as well. For instance, are there
any particularly difficult to spot intersections where we need
to switch trails? Missing forest service signs seem to be par
for the course in the Magdalenas... |
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| Shelly
Skye |
shelbel26
(at) gmail.com
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| (Posted
1/2/09): I too am reading everything here and waiting till I
am liberated from the cycle of gainful employment. Two more
years and I will be free to hike all the interesting hikes in
this great land of ours. At that time I will be 60 myself and
hope to hike east to west in the fall of 2011. Until then I
try to stay in shape and backpack in the Sierras
every summer. Thanks for writing about your adventures here
as I for one appreciate hearing about others travels and explorations. |
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| SeldomSeenSlim |
john_provine
(at) yahoo.com
|
thru-hike
|
eastbound
|
2009
|
3
months
|
| (Posted
12/19/08): Terrific website. Have pored over every word,
and will again several times I'm sure. Do you have a record
for the oldest thru-hiker? I'll be 60 then ... (Ed. note: As
far as we know, it's the author, who successfully thru-hiked
the GET in 2005 at age 33. The field is wide open.) |
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