Jack completed his second E2E hike in honor of his wife Ann, who passed away last Septmeber. He plans to complete a third hike. He completed his first hike May 17, 2006. His wife Ann spotted him.
End-to-End Coordinator, Jacqui Wensich gave Jack his awards in person, Photo #334 by J. Wensich
#333 Donna Coon April 1, 2012
Donna, accompanied by husband Bruce,dog Sammy and Jacqui with dog Mina, completed her E2E hike today...no foolin'!! It was muddy but we got through it. photo by Jacqui Wensich M6 AP6
#332 Deni Charpentier
Deni used finishing her end- to- end hike to train for climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro! Can't wait for a photo of her packpack with an E2E patch on it at the summit.
Photo by Margaret Reek (Deni borrowed one of Margaret's patches, the same patch that made it to the summit of Mt.K. Eight local ADK hikers completed the Mt. K journey raising $1000's for charity. )
Look for the E2e Patch on Deni's backpack. Photo by Pauo Hoffman -see current events
December 20, 2012 Newest Branch Trail End-to-Enders
Photo set up by #70 Mary Ann Cascarino with #68 Don Sutherland -kneeling and #69 Will Roden. These hiking buddies also completed the main trail together. See the three orange terminal blazes at the Rainbow Bridge CT12.
September 30, 2011 Newest End-to-Ender
#331 Henry Abbnick
The last register to sign for his #331 hike. It is a record, 29 End-to-Enders for 2011. Photo by J Wensich at Fall Campout hike
September 17, 2011 New End-to- Enders
Cortland County Hike Series ended with a large number of new main trail enders...up to #330.
Jacqui Wensich on right. See more soon- Ed Sidote joined the award celebration. A record 28 new E2ERS to date.
#316 Howard Camp & #317 Carole Camp of Rochester
#312 Geralding Keil & #313 Gunther Keil of Trumansburg
End-to Ender #311
Kathie DeWolfe of Ithaca completed her end-to-end hike August 20th but will receive #311 as I received Kathy's infomation after awarding Theresa Evans her #310. Kathy is pictured here at the Cortland County Hike Series Hike #6 by Jacqui Wensich
End-to-Ender #310
Theresa Evans of Syracuse completed her hike August 21, 2011 on M14 near Watkins Glen. She began May 5, 2005.
Hiking partner and supporter, Hal Boyce, #310 Theresa Evans and Jacqui Wensich. Photo by Sue Burchfield
End-to-Ender #309
New board member Scott Bahantka completed his end to hike August 14, 2011. He started in February 2006.
You will read about his adventures in the next FLT News.
End-to-Ender #308
Jacqui Wensich awarded Jeff Patterson his patches, card and certificate at his home. Wife Liz took the photo. Jeff started in 2005. Way to go!
John A-X Morris finished his 4th End to End hike #303.
#305 Kevin Brown & #304 Jeff Keenan celetrate their first.
#302 Larry Reister and #301 Larry Telle by M. Reek
Joe Dabes is End to Ender #300. Joe completed his ninth End to End while taking inventory of all the facilities (bridges, puncheons, shelters, etc.) along the main FLT.
Joan Young became the first woman to hike the 4,395 mile North Country Trail on August 3, 2010. She is one of only ten NCT end-to-end hikers to accomplish this amazing feat (feet?). The NCTA named 8-3-2010 "Joan Young Day" in honor of this and her many other accomplishments and contributions to the hiking community.
Irene Szabo introduced John Young who gave an excellent PowerPoint Show in Cazenovia about her NCT hike.