Appalachian Trail Day 20 03-19-01 – Day 20 8:25 AM – 2:25 PM 12.6 miles, AT – 219.4 Icewater Spring – Tri-corner Knob Shelter (5,920 feet) Cold in the AM – warmer in the PM Today’s hiking was spectacular. I took a detour southbound to check out “the jump off”. It’s a side trail to a cliff. […]
Appalachian Trail Day 19 03-18-07 Day 19, 8:30 AM ® 3:50 PM 13.8 miles, AT – 206.8 Double Spring Gap – Icewater Spring Shelter – 5,920 feet Cloudy and cold to start, warmed up to 60 +/- and cleared up. Today saw the highest peak on the trail and as my luck would have it the film […]
Appalachian Trail Day 18 03-17-01 Day 18 Start 8:24 AM – Finish 3:11 PM 13.5 miles, AT – 193.8 Spence Field → Double Spring Shelter – 5,000′ Today was a good day of hiking. A little cold and not many views. I finally got some views after Siler Bald. You could see the frost on […]
Appalachian Trail Day 17 03-16-01 Day 17 8:10 AM start – 3:40 PM finish – 4,915′ 16.0 miles, AT 179.5 Fontana Shelter → Spence Field Shelter Sunny/partial cloudy, hot Tough hike up Shuck Stack! I had a guy go by me in the parking lot, who I didn’t like the looks of. I passed him […]
Appalachian Trail Day 16 03-15-01 Day 16 – 8:29PM 0 miles, AT – 163.1 Fontana Dam Zero Day #1 Today was my first zero day. I slept like a baby in the hotel last night. My tattoo, I got, rubbed off a bit during the night. Took another shower in the AM and packed. Once […]
Appalachian Trail Day 15 03-14-02 Day 15 6.9 miles, 163.1 AT miles Cable Gap to Fontana Dam Sunny, Warm In Wesser at the NOC I saw a river otter. I also buried a dead dark eyed Junco a day or two ago. Today’s hike was pretty easy. A lot of down (hill) though. The left […]
Appalachian Trail Day 14 03-13-01 Day 14 15.2 miles, AT – 156.2 Sassafras Gap – Cable Gap Shelter Day 5 of rain This morning (03-13) was the second time I thought about stopping on a climb. The climb was terrible. My poor legs haven’t had a day off and they feel as if they are […]
Appalachian Trail Day 13 03-12-01 Day 13 6:05 PM 14.8 Miles, 141 AT miles Tellico Gap – Sassafras Cap Shelter Rain in the afternoon, warm, overcast. Day 4 of Rain Stayed at a hostel last night. Ron Vaughan was his name. He has hiked the PCT twice, CDT once, and the AT once. This […]
Appalachian Trail Day 12 03-11-01 Day 12 15.7 miles, 126.2 AT miles Siler Bald – hostel at Tellico Gap No entry was record this day. Scatman 2011: I can tell you a little about this day. The hiking itself is lost in the depths of my brian but I do recall getting to a shelter […]
Appalachian Trail Day 11 03-10-01 Day 11 – 7:45 PM 16.4 miles, 108.9 AT miles Betty Creek – Siler Bald Sunny 20º AM / 38º PM Today was too much! The plan was for 13 miles but the campsite sucked and was too close to the road. I should have stayed at Rock Gap with […]
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