"Every year between early March and late April, about 2,000 hikers set off from Springer, most of them intending to go all the way to Katahdin. No more than 10 percent actually make it. Half don't make it to past central Virginia, less than a third of the way. A quarter get no father than North Carolina, the next state. As many as 20 percent drop out the first week." (A Walk in the Woods by Bill Byrson)
Jack and the other boys are already at Virginia with no plans of stopping...
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