This is the 1983 Hiker yearbook.
It is a compilation of many of the hikers that passed through Harper's Ferry and had their photos taken. They are arranged by arrival date according to the records entered at Harper's Ferry, which may not be entirely correct.
Click on each thumbnail photos for a larger version.
Some hikers did not stop to visit so check the "hikers not in HF photos" section.
If you hiked in 1983 and your photo is not here, and you would like it to be, the date or spelling is incorrect, or if you have any trivia to add about these hikers, please contact me.

Select a month to go directly to that section:

April _ May _ June _ July _ August _ September _ October _ November _ December _ hikers not in HF photos _ personalities

For the most complete list of hikers from 1983 click here
             

April 1983

April 4, 1983
Dan Smith

            
             

May 1983

May 4
Maxelle O. "Lardass" Smith

 

 

May 7
Larry Vetter

 

May 9
Doug Becker

 

May 11
Brette LeFevre
Marc Davis
Mark Evans
Bob Lynski
Dog: Shottsey

 

May 13
Jim "The Hacky sack Kid" Kuras
Brian Donelan

 

May 15
Freckles Potteiger

 

May 16
Ernie "Goat Tagger" Latson

 

May 17
Joe Tardiff

 

May 18
"The PA Plodders"
Susan & Trink Coombs

 

 

        
             

June 1983

June 1
Doug Horner

 

June 1
"Rascal - The Southbound Musheater"

 

June 1
Karen "Rusty" Meadows & dog "Babe"
Deb "Snapper" Yavorski & dog "Nanti"

 

June 1
Joe "The Mill Hunkey" Kupec

 

June 2
Neal Cope

 

June 2
Floyd Beatty
Dwayne Allen

 

June 2
John "Joe" Carruso
Patrick "Moe" Thornton
Tom Sitz

 

 

 

June 2
"The Trail Tots"
Eric "The Red" Weinmann
Steve "The Comic Kid" Queen

 

 

June 2
"The M & M's"
Michael Libby
Michael Dawson

 

June 3
David "Just Passin' Thru" Swanston

 

June 5
Pauline Henry Dziewit
Allen Pearson
Harry Train

 

June 6
Eric"DT" Larson
Rick Boordman II
Glenn Garland

 

June 6
Allen Pearson
Harry Train
David Vander Ploeg

 

June 6
Larry "The UFP" Michon
Bruce Van Dyke

 

 

 

June 6
Todd "The Commandant" Jeffreys
Tom "Frankenboot" Carey

 

 

June 8
Wanda Kurdziel

 

 

June 8
Phil Goad

 

June 9
Joseph Lane Moore

 

June 9
Donna "Big K" Kopitsky

 

June 10
Lori Hyde
Paula Spady
& Strider

 

June 10
Curtis "The Runt" Anderson
his dog "AT"

 

June 14
Tim "Sam Blue" Cole
Dave Garrott
Jim Carnahan

 

June 14
Kevin & Mark Haueter

 

 

June 14
Paul Schaudt

 

June 14
Elton L. Fauber

 

June 14
Irv "The Trail Walker" Warfield

 

June 16
Dan O'keefe
Mike Whorf
"Thru Hiker Position"

 

June 16
Jim Gammans
Liz "Lobster
Kathy "Sarah Sue Snail" Morgan
Fred "Beowolf" Abraham

 

June 17
Don Cherry
Claude "The Maximus" Griffith

 

June 18
David Buchanan

 

June 21
Audrey Ewin
Lisa Carlson
Matthew Ramsey

 

June 21
Dick & Lana Potteiger

 

 

 

June 21
Nicholas Schmidt
John D. Worrell Jr.

 

 

 

June 21
T.J. Connolly

 

June 21
Susan "Lan" Parsons

 

June 22
Russ Wilkenloh

 

 

June 24
Fenn Huntington

 

June 24
Butch Fries
Rob Hoeper

 

June 24
Doug Jordan
Tim Platts
Richard Kozon

 

 

 

June 24
Glen "Nanuk of the North" Mittelhauser

 

June 25
Ed Powers

 

June 25
Bern "The M & M Kid" Weintraub

 

June 27
"The K2 Team"
Kathi Weiss
Kath "The Hiking Pole" Stachowski

 

June 28
Richard H. Davis
Tom Stevens
John Beckstrand

 

June 28
Tom "Bombadil" Butler
Bruce "Mad Mountain Man" Becker

 

June 29
Dianne Spott

 

June 30
The Robots"
Jim Hassan & Eric Watkins
Bob "Fish" Fisher

    
             

July 1983

July 1
Stuart O. Smith Jr.
Pat Guthrie

 

 

July 1
Beth "Pugnose" Burt
Dave "Dumpling" Laney

 

July 2
Kirk "Diggerfoot" Sinclair

 

July 3
Marcel "Rhode Island Red" Montville
:"Chick"

 

July 5
Mary Kancevitch
Deborah Taggert
& Kelly

 

July 5
Paul "Damien" Nichols

 

July 5
David R. "Smitty" Smith

 

July 6
Pete Headden

 

 

 

July 6
Hester Heck
Myrtle Humphreys

 

July 6
Julie "Big Mama" settle
Eric "Cap'n Incorrigible" Olson
Bruce "The Yak" Berlin

 

July 6
Boy Scout Troop 60

 

July 7
Vince Powers
Peter Kostyk
Judith Frans
Roger Frans

 

July 7
Janet Thigpen
Robert Wagner

 

July 8
Bruce Bytwerk
Kathy Bytwerk
Steve Rhorbeck
Sue Konopka
Arlie Sears

 

July 8
Nick Kelsey
Greg Gilbert

 

July 8
Alan "Gonzo!" Strackeljahn
Tom "Bonsai" Charmichael

 

July 10
Mark Dimicelli

 

July 11
Tracy "The Space Man" Gayton

 

July 11
Laura "The Slug Slayer" & "Fox"
Frank C.

 

July 11
George Steffanos

 

July 11
"The Fatheads"
Patty McDonnell
Shawn Jarman

 

July 13
Steve Tomchek

 

July 14
Dave Spencer
Chuck Nadeau
Mike Doane

 

July 15
Maynard Haslett
Tim Sheehy

 

July 15
Jody Perham
Curt Tracy

 

July 15
"The Pike-a-holics"
Dick Kersten
Peg Jaeger

 

July 15
Troy "Trick Knee" Martin

 

 

July 18
Inez Phipps
Jan Phipps

 

July 18
Tim Mersch

 

July 18
Mike Olsen

 

July 18
Kenny "The Slack Packers" Charmatz
Dennis Hill

 

July 19
Cathy Biondi
Ron "The Baptist" Amos

 

July 19
"The Red Hat Seniors"
Al & Pearl Foust

 

July 20
Mike Patch

 

July 21
Neil Lora

 

July 21
Gene Hadlow

 

July 22
G.M. Rieken
Pat Estes

 

July 22
John Rhodes
Jay McIntire

 

July 25
Hugh Bodington
David Miller

 

July 30
Pete "Headin Home" Lockwood
Bruce "Goin Up" Lockwood
Larry "Abreviated Member" Anderson
Eben J. "The Starvin' Hiker" Muse

    
             

August 1983

August 3
Rob "Gollum" Havert

 



August 3
Richard Dupuis

 

August 5
"The Tandem Turtles"
Hob & Deb McConville

 

 

August 8
Brad "Arfuna" Sherman

 

August 11
Steven "Yo Yo" Nuckolls

 

August 15
Richard Newday

 

August 15
Tracy Burge
Kathy Zone
Jeff Bonait

August 19
Louis & June Gallegher
Jim Niedbolski

August 26
John Barolet

August 30
Tom Thomson

August 31
John Ferris

August 31
David Fik
Eileen & Dave Brogan

September 1983

September 2
Brad Van Offel

 

September 2
"The Trailenders"
Truman & Terry Ingalsbe
Lord Findlay of Shamrock

 

Sept 15
Andy Coone
Mike Curran

 

September 19
Kay Hoberecht
Dinah Owens

 

September 21
Paul Ziobro

 

September 21
Mike & George Nickles

October 1983

October 5
Gary E. Scudder Sr.
Gary E. Scudder Jr.

 

October 6
Marlene Wellen
Ron Bruschi

 

October 15
Stephen C. Fordham Jr.

 

October 17
Cindy "Easy" Landham
Bob "Slow" Landham

 

October 19
Gerry Seidell

 

October 21
Gregory D. Silla

 

 

October 24
Bill "Bazooka Joe" Gray

October 26
William "The Flophat Floridian" Meldrum

          
             

November 1983

November 2
"The Yale Yyahoos"
Phil Ostrand
Lil Duda

 

November 4
Matt Tilbury

          
             

December 1983

December 7
Tom Watson

 

December 21
Winston F. "The Man from Tuskegee" Lumsden
also known as "The Great Appalachian Trail Athlete"

          
             

Other hikers from 1983

Jim "The Orange Crush" Triplett

 

Jim "Fuzzy Jim" Berlstein

 

John Smart and dog Smoky

 

Don "Taxman" Meeks

 

Fritz Shwalm & Don Cherry

 

Fred Abraham

 

Joannie Thomson

 

Tom (?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
             

Other personalities

Jean Cashin, Harpers Ferry, WV

 

Bonnie Shipe "The Ice Cream Lady" Pennsylvania Roadwalk

 

Roger Brickner, Upper Greenwood Lake, NY

 

Cindy, Massachusettes Ridge Runner