>>927025Presumably this is the initial planning stage of the hike, just after the decision to commit to it has been made. Admittedly it probably should have started several months ago for a hike this year, but there's still enough time as long as OP gets things in gear.
>>927082By the time in one's life where you have enough resources to hike the AT, most women are indeed taken, plus young women are often reluctant to take on a thru-hike, for a number of reasons which I hopefully do not need to enumerate.
