so where should they be around this time? is there a “pack” of SOBO’s? what time of year should sobos usually reach the last couple hundred miles, the smokies to springer?
Smack
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#2
two years ago i met a sobo just south of Clingman’s the first or second weekend of november. he was alone; don’t know how his location related to the rest of them! some i met last summer finished around the middle or end of october on springer.
hephzibah
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#3
I just did a section hike in southern mass earlier this week and there were 3 sobo’s staying with me at the south wilcox lean-to. So there are still some who have yet to leave New England.
Jeff
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#4
Last year I was “scheduled” to finish my MEGA thru-hike prior to December 25th - I promised my girlfriend I would be through no later than that.
However, as the days got shorter and weather impacted trail conditions, I figured I wouldn’t make it on time. Then I tried night hiking through the Smokies and Georgia Mtns - just about killed myself.
Bottom line - I finished the last day of December (after a start on July 15th). There was pure hell to pay when I got back home.
JAWS