Feel free to PM any time. I hope I can help out.

For your concerns about hiking solo, it's worth knowing that the 100-Mile "Wilderness" is not nearly so remote as the name implies. There are hard-packed gravel logging roads an average of every 20 miles or so. For this reason, you'll see a surprising number of weekend and even dayhikers in the area, particularly around the Gulf Hagas area, at least in September. When I was there, I was among a small tidal wave of thru-hikers, but there were even more section hikers (the area is especially popular with French-Canadians) and short-distance hikers.

The result is that unless you take great pains to stealth camp, you won't be "alone" any more than you would be if you and a partner hiked separately and met up at predetermined points. This is especially true if you stay or camp at shelters, which accumulate hikers the way a salt lick attracts livestock.

Hopefully this will relieve some nerves about going on a long-distance solo.

Best of luck,
Bearpaw
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