Itinerary

… and excited thoughts about daily mileage danced in their heads … we know we can’t really plan for accurate daily mileage, but we thought we’d just do this anyway.

There are 5 tables:

1. Necessary – So we are leaving on 4/18 and need to hit the “deadline” for Baxter on 10/15, so this just calculates out the daily average mileage we need to hit this deadline and then calculates out the dates that we’d hit eat state in
2. Average LDH 1994 – This is from some data I came across from a sampling of hikers in 1994 what their daily mileage was
3. Projected – I took a slower start and end with a more aggressive middle section approach to what our daily mileage could be (numbers are subjective)
4. Conservative – I took my projected mileage per day and took 90% to see where we’d hit if we were 10% slower than projected
5. Aggressive -  I took 110% of projected to see if we moved a bit faster than I had thought (which will probably happen)

Now, this isn’t entirely accurate, the mileage is probably slightly off per state, but it’s a good estimate.

Projected
State	Tot Miles	M/D	Arrival	Duration
GA	76	8	04/18/2009	10
NC	89	10	04/28/2009	9
TN	294	12	05/07/2009	25
VA	551	15	06/01/2009	37
WV	4.1	15	07/08/2009	1
MD	42	18	07/09/2009	3
PA	230	15	07/12/2009	16
NJ	73	18	07/28/2009	5
NY	89	18	08/02/2009	5
CT	53	18	08/07/2009	3
MA	91	18	08/10/2009	6
VT	151	15	08/16/2009	11
NH	162	12	08/27/2009	14
ME	282	10	09/10/2009	29
Finish	2187.1	12.6	10/09/2009	174

 

Conservative (10%)
State	Tot Miles	M/D	Arrival	Duration
GA	76	7.2	04/18/2009	11
NC	89	9	04/29/2009	10
TN	294	10.8	05/09/2009	28
VA	551	13.5	06/06/2009	41
WV	4.1	13.5	07/17/2009	1
MD	42	16.2	07/18/2009	3
PA	230	13.5	07/21/2009	18
NJ	73	16.2	08/08/2009	5
NY	89	16.2	08/13/2009	6
CT	53	16.2	08/19/2009	4
MA	91	16.2	08/23/2009	6
VT	151	13.5	08/29/2009	12
NH	162	10.8	09/10/2009	15
ME	282	9	09/25/2009	32
Finish	2187.1	11.4	10/27/2009	192

 

Necessary
State	Tot Miles	M/D	Arrival	Duration
GA	76	12.2	04/18/2009	6.3
NC	89	12.2	04/24/2009	7.3
TN	294	12.2	05/01/2009	24.2
VA	551	12.2	05/25/2009	45.3
WV	4.1	12.2	07/10/2009	0.3
MD	42	12.2	07/10/2009	3.5
PA	230	12.2	07/13/2009	18.9
NJ	73	12.2	08/01/2009	6.0
NY	89	12.2	08/07/2009	7.3
CT	53	12.2	08/15/2009	4.4
MA	91	12.2	08/19/2009	7.5
VT	151	12.2	08/27/2009	12.4
NH	162	12.2	09/08/2009	13.3
ME	282	12.2	09/21/2009	23.2
Finish	2187.1	12.2	10/15/2009	180

 

Aggressive (10%)
State	Tot Miles	M/D	Arrival	Duration
GA	76	8.8	04/18/2009	9
NC	89	11	04/27/2009	9
TN	294	13.2	05/06/2009	23
VA	551	16.5	05/29/2009	34
WV	4.1	16.5	07/02/2009	1
MD	42	19.8	07/03/2009	3
PA	230	16.5	07/06/2009	14
NJ	73	19.8	07/20/2009	4
NY	89	19.8	07/24/2009	5
CT	53	19.8	07/29/2009	3
MA	91	19.8	08/01/2009	5
VT	151	16.5	08/06/2009	10
NH	162	13.2	08/16/2009	13
ME	282	11	08/29/2009	26
Finish	2187.1	13.8	09/24/2009	159

 

Average (LDH 1994)
State	Tot Miles	M/D	Arrival	Duration
GA	76	10	04/18/2009	8
NC	89	12	04/26/2009	8
TN	294	12	05/04/2009	25
VA	551	15	05/29/2009	37
WV	4.1	15	07/05/2009	1
MD	42	15	07/06/2009	3
PA	230	15	07/09/2009	16
NJ	73	15	07/25/2009	5
NY	89	15	07/30/2009	6
CT	53	15	08/05/2009	4
MA	91	14	08/09/2009	7
VT	151	14	08/16/2009	11
NH	162	12	08/27/2009	14
ME	282	13	09/10/2009	22
Finish	2187.1	13.1	10/02/2009	167