OVERVIEW
Participants are given the opportunity to hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail starting at the Delaware Water Gap, NJ (Route 80), traveling north and concluding at High Point State Park, NJ (Route 23). The actual hiking mileage between these two points is about 44 miles, but if you can make it that far, we give you the last 6 miles for free.

We start this unique challenge at 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning and end when each participant has finished his or her experience. Please note we start as a team, and though hikers will travel at different paces, we finish as a team. Some participants will travel one mile, others will complete the entire course. Each person decides on how far, he or she wishes to travel.

We have support stations along the way, every time the Appalachian Trail intersects with a paved road, a volunteer and support vehicle, will be there waiting. These support volunteers, assist hikers with water replenishment, medical attention, gear replacement (change of clothes, take a layer, lose a layer etc.). Most importantly, when you have reached your hiking goal or decide to no longer go on, these support vehicles are our rides back to the original starting point. Remember, unless you arrange an alternative mode of transportation, participants will stay with the group until all hikers are accounted for.

Many participants have the will to complete the full length of the hike but sometimes there pace betrays them. In the spirit of safety, we have implemented a Culvers Gap (Route 206) rule. If a hiker has not reached Culvers Gap in ten hours, he or she must voluntarily give up their pursuit to finish. This means that hikers must reach Culvers Gap by 2:00 p.m. and begin hiking the next section by 2:30 p.m. If a participant misses this time check, they must come off the trail.

STEP 1: SET UP A RAZOO PAGE & FUNDRAISE.
We ask for a $50.00 donation from each hiker. We also ask that you raise money for your miles through our Razoo Team Fundraising page. You can join our team and create your own fundraising page to share among family and friends. If each hiker raises $150 we will achieve our goal of $15,000.

STEP 2: REGISTER HERE
Please note: All participants must be pre-registered; Registration closes April 30th.

STEP 3: FILL OUT THE WAIVER HERE
Please download this Assumption of Risk & Release Form, sign and deliver on the day of the hike.

STEP 4: WEAR YOUR SWAG WITH PRIDE
On the day of the hike, T-shirts are given to all participating hikers and support staff. Start your collection!

STEP 5: DOWNLOAD THE SUGGESTED GEAR LIST HERE
From headlamps to frisbees, our gear list is comprehensive. Download it here.

TRAIL BREAKDOWN

• We start hiking at the Delaware Water Gap (Route 80), New Jersey. (The first portion of this hike takes place in the dark, bring a head lamp)
• From Delaware Water Gap, the distance to the first road, Mohican Road is 9 miles.
• From Mohican Road to Millbrook Road 3.5 miles.
• From Millbrook to Flat Brookville Road 4 miles.
• From Flat Brookville to Culvers Gap, (Route 206) 11 miles. (Remember the Culvers Gap Rule: get there in 10 hours or less so you can continue).
• From 206 to Decker town 10.5
• From Decker town to High Point (the finish line) 6 miles.

WHEN TO MEET
Saturday, May 4th, 2013 | 2:00 AM (yes, very early Sat. morning) | Please be on time

WHERE TO MEET
Best Western Parking Lot | Route 513 (aka Green Pond Rd), Rockaway NJ 07866

The parking lot is located across from the Hibernia Diner. Hikers leave their vehicles in the parking lot. We will leave promptly at 2:30 a.m., load up our vans with hikers and gear, then head to the Delaware water gap and begin hiking at 3:30-3:45 a.m.

GETTING THERE
Use the map below for door-to-door directions or download directions here.

QUESTIONS?
Contact ring leader, Anthony Capone at: mr.anthonycapone@gmail.com

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OVERVIEW
This 16.5 mile hike travels from Route 206 (Culvers Gap) to High Point State Park (Route 23) and takes an estimated 5-6 hours to complete. We have support stations along the way, every time the Appalachian Trail intersects with a paved road, a volunteer and support vehicle, will be there waiting. These support volunteers, assist hikers with water replenishment, medical attention, gear replacement (change of clothes, take a layer, lose a layer etc.). Most importantly, when you have reached your hiking goal or decide to no longer go on, these support vehicles are our rides back to the original starting point. Remember, unless you arrange an alternative mode of transportation, participants will stay with the group until all hikers are accounted for.

STEP 1: SET UP A RAZOO PAGE & FUNDRAISE.
We ask for a $20.00 donation from each 16.5-miler hiker. We also ask that you raise money for your miles through our Razoo Team Fundraising page. You can join our team and create your own fundraising page to share among family and friends. If each hiker (out of 100 hikers) raises $150 we will achieve our goal of $15,000.

STEP 2: REGISTER HERE
Please note: All participants must be pre-registered; Registration closes April 30th.

STEP 3: FILL OUT THE WAIVER HERE
Please download this Assumption of Risk & Release Form, sign and deliver on the day of the hike.

STEP 4: WEAR YOUR SWAG WITH PRIDE
On the day of the hike, T-shirts are given to all participating hikers and support staff. Start your collection!

STEP 5: DOWNLOAD THE SUGGESTED GEAR LIST HERE
From headlamps to frisbees, our gear list is comprehensive.

WHEN TO MEET
Saturday, May 4th, 2013 | 11:00 AM

WHERE TO MEET
High Point Visitor Center | 1480 State Rt 23, Sussex, NJ 07461
Hikers will leave their vehicles at the High Point Visitor Center. Support vans will depart promptly at 12:30 p.m. Hikers can expect to be hiking by 1 p.m.

GETTING THERE
Use the map below for door-to-door directions or download directions here.

QUESTIONS?
Contact ring leader, Anthony Capone at: mr.anthonycapone@gmail.com

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OVERVIEW
This 6 mile hike travels from Decker town to High Point State Park and takes an estimated 2-3 hours to complete. A support van staffed by volunteers will be available at High Point State Park (the trail’s end) in case you need water, snacks or any first aid.

STEP 1: SET UP A RAZOO PAGE & FUNDRAISE.
We ask for a $10.00 donation from each hiker. We also ask that you raise money for your miles through our Razoo Team Fundraising page. You can join our team and create your own fundraising page to share among family and friends. If each hiker (out of 100 hikers) raises $150 we will achieve our goal of $15,000.

STEP 2: REGISTER HERE
Please note: All participants must be pre-registered; Registration closes April 30th.

STEP 3: FILL OUT THE WAIVER HERE
Please download this Assumption of Risk & Release Form, sign and deliver on the day of the hike.

STEP 4: WEAR YOUR SWAG WITH PRIDE
On the day of the hike, T-shirts are given to all participating hikers and support staff. Start your collection!

STEP 5: DOWNLOAD THE SUGGESTED GEAR LIST HERE
From headlamps to frisbees, our gear list is comprehensive.

WHEN TO MEET
Saturday May 4th, 2013 | 1:00 PM

WHERE TO MEET
High Point Visitor Center | 1480 State Rt 23, Sussex, NJ 07461

Hikers will leave their vehicles at the High Point Visitor Center. Support vans will depart promptly at 1:30 p.m. Hikers can expect to be hiking by 1:45 p.m.

GETTING THERE
Use the map below for door-to-door directions or download directions here.

QUESTIONS?
Contact ring leader, Anthony Capone at: mr.anthonycapone@gmail.com

View Larger Map

On behalf of Bob, Craig, Project U.S.E. and I, we would like to take a moment and thank everyone who participated, donated and supported in this year’s 50 Mile Hike. It was our 10 year anniversary and we celebrated by having the most hikers ever! Forty six (46) people participated in this unique challenge and each one of them did a fantastic job.

The hiking itself is quite demanding. Add sleep deprivation and a ridiculously hot day to the mix and the 50 mile hike challenge becomes a much harder event to accomplish. Still, people pushed through. Some people hiked 9 miles others 13 miles. Most hikers averaged 16-28 miles, and a hand full of participants went 32-39 miles before calling it a day. Well done folks!

Michael Bagley Photography

Even with a few elements conspiring against us, we had the most finishers ever! Eight hikers completed the course. They started hiking at 3:53 a.m and finished at:

PJ Rakowski 3:30 pm (11 hours 37 minutes), a new course record! Move over Travis Trembly your 12 hours 30 minute record has been shattered. Are you kidding me? Yes, PJ is part machine..Nice job my friend.

David Lertula 4:25 pm (12 hours 32 minutes) A dominating performance! Good enough for the course record if PJ wasn’t around.

Kris Borer 4:25 pm (12 hours 32 minutes) Dido for Kris, great job guys!

Tim Fraser 4:32 pm (12 hours 39 minutes) Tim, we have a couple of items for you, I’ll send them via Rebecca D. Great job!

Phil Bailey 5:30 pm (13 hours 37 minutes) Phil, you equaled my best time ever.. Capone

Donna Strick 6:44 pm (14 hours 51 minutes) Donna holds the fastest time for a female hiker and has completed the full course 3 times! Great job D..

Laura Budde 7:07 pm (15 hours 14 minutes)

Patrick Armitage 7:07pm (15 hours 14 minutes)

Funds Raised
A special thanks to Laura and Patrick, I call them the power couple. They managed to find a combined $1,400.00 in sponsorship monies, a task almost as difficult as hiking 50 miles. The nearly $6,000 raised from the hike will go to further Project U.S.E.’s mission.

Thanks again for your support and remember, next year our goal is to have 75-100 hikers, so start talking it up..

Cheers,

Anthony Capone