Benton MacKaye Trail Assn.

Benton MacKaye
Trail Assn.

BMT 300-Milers

"...leaving a footpath for generations to follow."

Completed-Hikes of the BMT & the 500-mile BMT/AT Loop to Date

Hiker	Trail Name	Hail From	Started	Finished	Direction	Type
Kevin Hessler	Welchs	Asheville, NC	11/07/2005	11/30/2005	Northbound	Thru-hike
Stuart D. Tauber	Silverwing	Asheville, NC	04/10/2006	5/10/2006	Northbound	Thru-hike
Joanna Cahill	Trickster	Fairview, NC	12/18/2008	1/11/2009	Northbound	Thru-hike
Susan Turner	Hammock Hanger	Jacksonville, FL	May 2005	May 2009	Northbound	Section Hike
John Beaudet	Bodacious	Flag Pond, TN	4/07/2010	4/22/2010	Southbound	Thru-hike
Keith Mertz	Frosty	Maryville, TN	May 2007	4/30/2010	Mixed	Section Hike
Connie Tatgenhorst		Knoxville, TN	01/02/2008	4/30/2010	Mixed	Section Hike
Pamela Reddoch	Tennessee Girl	Knoxville, TN	01/08/2008	4/30/2010	Mixed	Section Hike
Bob Ruby	Flying Eagle	Sandy Springs, GA	01/02/2005	6/27/2010	Mixed	Section Hike
Marcy Thomas	Grasshopper	Blairsville, GA	05/29/2010	6/13/2010	Northbound	ThruHike
Marcy Thomas	Grasshopper	Blairsville, GA	05/26/2010	6/22/2010	BMT/AT Loop	ThruHike
Dave Thomas	Brakeman	Blairsville, GA	05/29/2010	6/13/2010	Northbound	Thru-Hike
Dave Thomas	Brakeman	Blairsville, GA	05/26/2010	6/22/2010	BMT/AT Loop	Thru-Hike
Jane Fredrickson		Weaverville, NC	05/26/2010	06/23/2010	Northbound	Thru-hike
Robert Reese		Weaverville, NC	05/26/2010	06/23/2010	Northbound	Thru-hike

How to Register Your Thru-Hike

Walking the entire trail, whether in sections or as a continuous hike, is an accomplishment of which any hiker can be proud. If you've hiked all of the Benton MacKaye Trail and would like to have your name listed on this page*, please fill out the BMT Thru-Hiker Request for Listing Form and send it in.

Note: The BMTA does not certify or affirm any hiking achievement. Hikers listed on this page have completed, signed, and submitted the BMT Thru-Hiker Request for Listing Form, which states that they have walked the entire Benton MacKaye.

Patch and rocker combinations for the:
[1] 300-Miler
[2] Thru-hiker

Ordering Patches and Rockers

The diagram at right shows the possible combinations of the BMT patch and hiking-related rockers. These items can be ordered using either the BMT Thru-Hiker Request for Listing Form or the regular Order Form.
See below for display conventions. See Order Form for additional (non-hiking-related) rockers.

Conventions on Patch and Rocker Arrangement

A hiker who finishes walking the entire Benton MacKaye Trail becomes a "300-Miler". This designation is independent of speed, duration, direction of travel, and all other factors. Walk the whole trail, become a 300-Miler.
Any 300-Miler is entitled to attach the 300-MILER rocker to the BMT patch. (One 300-Miler rocker per trail completion. Example: Two rockers would mean two full trail completions, roughly 600 miles.)
Those accomplishing a Thru-hike on the BMT are entitled to display not only the 300-MILER rocker, but also the THRU-HIKER rocker. (A "Thru-hike" is defined as a continuous, end-to-end traverse of the trail with no more than a few days off during the trek.)

BMT/AT Loop

BMT/AT Loop in this context means the 500+ mile figure-eight formed by the southern sections of the Benton MacKaye Trail and the Appalachian Trail between Springer Mountain and Davenport Gap. (Due to limited numbers there is no rocker for the BMT/AT Loop at this time.)

Our recognition policy:

Gives equal recognition to thru-hikers and section-hikers.
Recognizes access trails or officially required roadwalks as viable substitutes for the official BMT route in the event of an emergency, such as a flood, a forest fire, or an impending storm on an exposed, high-elevation stretch.
Operates on the honor system.

Our recognition policy does not consider sequence, direction, speed, or whether one carries a pack.

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