Road walkers seem less concerned with White Blazing. Parts of the American Discovery Trail are difficult to follow as it's not marked well. The section in Nevada is potentially lethal without support. Part of the trail through Colorado is backpacking and not road walking. It's impossible to predict what month this part of the trail will be passable due to snow conditions.

People reroute on the American Discovery Trail all the time and nobody says they aren't doing a thru-hike -- that is nobody except the people on White Blaze. Now they don't pay much attention to it.

In the motorcycling world people say, "Show me a picture or it didn't happen." I don't think a thru-hike of a long trail should count until the book is published. Just kidding, but I thought I'd stir the pot for conversation.