Appalachian Trail Day 70 Day 70, 05-08-01 Big Meadows – Pass Mountain Hut 18.8 miles, AT – 923.2 – 2,690 feet 60s After eating so much last night, I got tired fast. I got a bit cold in the AM. I woke up feeling great. While going to the bathroom, a catbird flew to a […]
Appalachian Trail Day 69 Day 69, 05-07-01 Hightop Hut – Big Meadows Campground 20.4 miles, AT – 904.4 – 3,500 feet 7:20 AM 3:30 PM 60s, Cool Last night was a cold one! I awoke at 3 AM to go to the bathroom and put on Al’s rain pants. He offered them to me knowing […]
Appalachian Trail Day 68 Day 68, 05-06-01 Blackrock Hut – Hightop Hut 21.4 miles, AT – 884 – 3,175 feet 6:56 AM 4:15 PM 60-70°, Overcast/Cool Last night at 2:30 AM a Whippoorwill was going nuts in front of the shelter. It only stopped because I went to the bathroom. It woke almost everyone up. […]
Appalachian Trail Day 67 Day 67, 05-05-01 Rockfish Gap – Blackrock Hut 20.0 miles, AT – 862.6 2,645 Feet 6:45 AM 3:28 PM 80° – Hot/Humid We got up at 6 AM, packed, and heading down to HoJos, but it was closed for the winter? So we went without. We had snacks on the old tractor […]
Appalachian Trail Day 66 Day 66, 05-04-01 Paul Wolfe – Inn at Afton, Rockfish Gap 5 miles, AT – 842.6 – 1,850 feet 7:00 AM 8:30 PM Got up early after a good nights sleep. I did have to put on pants and my fleece hat. I covered the 5 miles in a half hour. (hour […]
Appalachian Trail Day 65 Day 65, 05-03-01 Harpers Creek – Paul Wolfe Memorial Shelter 22.3 miles, AT – 836.6 – 1,700 feet 6:20 AM 3:40 PM 85° I slept well last night. Not too cold. Around 4 AM I put on my shirt and zipped up. No pants or hat or socks. I hit the trail […]
Appalachian Trail Day 64 Day 64, 05-02-01 12 miles, AT – 815.3 – 2,000 feet ± Dutch Haus – Harpers Creek Shelter 8:35 AM 3:30 PM 80-90° We woke up at 6:30 AM to a great breakfast: OJ, sausage, eggs, corn bread, fruit and cereal. We also saw a Flying Squirrel too at night. He didn’t […]
Appalachian Trail Day 63 Day 63, 05-01-01 4.2 miles, AT – 803.3 North Fork of Piney River – Montebello Dutch Haus B&B I got cold about 3 AM again last night. I threw my raincoat over my legs. We had a bunch of owls hooting away last night. At least three Barred and one other. […]
Appalachian Trail Day 62 Day 62, 04-30-01 18.3 miles, AT – 799.1 – 3,000 feet ± Little Irish Creek – North Fork of Piney River 7:30 AM 5:20 PM, 75-80° I got cold around 3 AM last night. Plus I wasn’t on flat ground. I was falling to the left and sliding downhill. All in […]
Appalachian Trail Day 61 Day 61, 04-29-01 17 miles, AT – 780.0 – 1,000 feet ± Matts Creek – Little Irish Creek Campsite 7:45 AM 4:15 PM, 70-78°, Breezy I froze my butt off again last night. I woke up at 3 AM freezing. I put my fleece on and my pants and was still […]
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