Category: Appalachian Trail

Good day today. Started out nice. Got up about 9 and was the last out of camp just before 10. Made it to Carter Gap Shelter 3.2mi away by 11:15, pretty quick. Afterwards the trail got progressively tougher. Mooney Gap started with a steep climb onto a ridge with a seemingly 100ft drop off the…

Nice hiking day. Good weather, not too hot, but storms will probably be coming in the next couple of days. The trails weren’t bad except for a couple miles of rocks at the start. Those seem to be going by a little easier. Hiked up Standing Indian Mountain (5498ft), the first mountain over 5000ft so…

Finally made it out of Georgia. Got to the state line about 11:30. Ate a couple Clif bars and talked to the rest of the guys from the shelter as they all caught up. Took some photos and moved on about 12:15. The hike was good starting off, but once I hit NC there were…

Left Hiawassee this morning. Ate left over cookies and pizza and talked to the other hikers around for a bit. Took the shuttle out a little after 11 back to Dick’s Creek Gap for a short day of hiking. The shuttle is an older van from probably the early 80s. It is very beat up…

Woke up at about 4:45am today. Had to get up early to make sure I didn’t miss the 9am shuttle in to town. Had a 3.9 mile hike, if you include the .3 hike from the shelter back to the trail. We used headlamps all the way as the sun was not up yet. It…