Category: Appalachian Trail
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3/13/12 – Day 5 – Low Gap Shelter – 11.5mi/43.2tot
Did not take a zero day as I had thought. The cabins were great, but I chose to push on. I had thought I’d stay with Jason and Shiann, but they were leaving the cabins to stay at the hostel. I bought five days worth of food at Mountain Crossings Outfitter in Neel’s Gap to…
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3/12/12 – Day 4 – Neels Gap – 7.4mi/31.7tot
Rain. All night and all day. I did not want to leave the tent. I didn’t even get up until maybe 9:30 and left about 10:30. I seem to be hiking better and am a bit faster going up, but down is still slow. The descents can be very steep and rough. Today it was…
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3/11/12 – Day 3 – Lance Creek 8.5mi/24.3 tot
Long day. Got to camp about 6. Apparently I have no clue what time it is here at all. DST kicked in last night and we are apparently in Eastern Time, oops. I had been using my camera as a clock on occasion and thought I got to Woody Gap about 12:30 for lunch. Good…
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3/10/12 – Day 2 – Gooch Mtn Shelter 7.7mi
Couldn’t sleep much last night as expected. Woke up, ate oatmeal with trail mix and pop tarts. Tuna and crackers and nutella tortillas for lunch. Ramen with a pack of salmon, garlic and crackers for dinner, was pretty good. Tough day, ready for it to be over, but it kept on going. Sassaffras was steep…
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3/9/12 – Day 1 – 9.0mi Springer Mountain to Hawk Mountain Shelter 8.1 mi
Started at the road near Springer Mountain. Hiked .9 mi back to Springer summit. Cool day in the 50s. Not as tough as Philmont yet, maybe in the next few days – Blood Mountain will be tough. Brought way too much food, I need to eat more to carry less. It’s supposed to be cold…