No. Just me and a buddy of mine went down...I actually went down a day before him, met up with him the next day, did the gap, 28, Cherohala, etc... and came home via the BRPW up to I77. Trust me. We held no one up. I'm not a fan of large groups...bikes or cars. Feel free to ask around about that. I'm kinda notorious about that in my circle of friends.