At the end of Joe’s last post he commented that he figured he was going 14-20 miles a day. That got me to thinking and since I have all the data so far, I decided to calculate a table of his miles per day for each Trail Report leg of his hike. Note that these numbers include ALL his zero days, so his low numbers usually mean many of those interim days he wasn’t hiking at all.
| DATE | MILES | PER DAY |
| 3/11/09 | 27 | 9.0 |
| 3/20/09 | 76 | 5.44 |
| 3/24/09 | 111 | 8.75 |
| 3/27/09 | 135 | 8.0 |
| 3/30/09 | 165 | 10.0 |
| 4/5/09 | 214 | 8.17 |
| 4/8/09 | 271 | 19.0 |
| 4/16/09 | 340 | 8.63 |
| 4/23/09 | 410 | 10.0 |
| 4/28/09 | 460 | 10.0 |
| 5/3/09 | 536 | 15.2 |
| 5/9/09 | 623 | 14.5 |
| 5/17/09 | 715 | 11.5 |
| 5/26/09 | 850 | 15.0 |
| 6/5/09 | 1012 | 16.2 |
| 6/15/09 | 1135 | 12.3 |
| 6/27/09 | 1278 | 11.92 |
| 7/3/09 | 1358 | 13.33 |
| 7/10/09 | 1470 | 16.0 |
| 7/20/09 | 1597 | 12.7 |
Anyway, I propose to those of you keeping up with this Trail blog, that we have a pool to guess what DAY Joe will finish and summit Mt. Katahdin.
Use the data I provided above as a helper, or just close your eyes and point to a date on the calendar. Only 1 rule: leave all your guesses in the comments of this blog post. If more than one person picks the winning day, I’ll have a random draw of the names that chose it.
THE PRIZE: I was thinking about what could be a prize and it was immediately pretty obvious… how about Joe’s Appalachian Trail Reports printed and bound as a booklet – and I’ll see about getting Joe to autograph it as well before sending it on to the winner.
(I’ll rule myself out of the contest, but I’d guess September 12)
July 20th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
I’ll guess September 3rd.
July 20th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I’m going with Sept. 15th… go, Joe, go!
July 20th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I vote for Sept. 6th! Good luck, Joe!
July 20th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I like the number “9″…so my choice is 9/9/2009.
July 21st, 2009 at 8:50 am
I’ll take Sept. 11! Though it wouldn’t surprise me if Joe decides to stretch this amazing experience out as long as he can!
July 21st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I’ll guess Sept 18th! Good luck!
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:44 am
I’m going with September 17th.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
I’m going to guess September 21st, 2009
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:40 am
my pick is sept 14th,
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
My guess is Sept.16th.
July 27th, 2009 at 2:31 am
My guess is August 31
July 27th, 2009 at 11:25 am
I vote for Sept 10, just in time for Joe to make the Trails End Festival in nearby Millinocket Maine on September 12-13.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
September 12
July 28th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Kev and I will guess Sept. 13th. Joe, you are amazing! What a wonderful adventure.
August 5th, 2009 at 12:14 am
I’ll say 9/8.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I’m gonna go with Sep 7th. Partly because its what’s left. YAY Joe!
August 5th, 2009 at 10:30 am
And that was me. Kate Davison
August 7th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I have to go with Sept. 8th. Your reports would make an amazing book and I loved the photo of the new shoes on your feet next to the ones that were ruined. What an adventure. Can’t wait to welcome you home. Be safe. Therese