Hiking out, we were in a great mood from our spring slumber. Togo had already left and most of the camp had gone too. Chatting, joking, fighting, we hiked away, climbing 500 feet in elevation unnoticed in the thick vegetation. You could tell we were on a ridge line but the thick rhododendrons hid anything … Continue reading Mile Highs, Mile Lows,and The Great Britain
It was a short day for us, all we had to do was to climb Standing Indian Mountain and head to the shelter we would have hit other day. 8.5 miles to Carter Gap Shelter from Deep Gap with just a mountain in between us, easy day. The four of us headed out each at … Continue reading Standing Indian Mountain 5500 ft above the world
With the bad weather impending it became quite apparent wet weren't the only ones that got off the trail. Upon checking in at the Sapphire Inn, wet quickly noticed some of our friends that had taken the same opportune moment to escape as well. Sharing stories and talking we caught up on each others past … Continue reading The hero of zero day
I awoke to the sound of heavy rain, checking my watch I knew it was early, at 4 am. It didn't take long to fall back asleep from the previous days climb. Awaking again at 6:30 I packed up all the things in my tent into my bag and headed for the shelter. There I … Continue reading Flash Flood
We awoke early in the hostel. Refreshed from our miserable day before. We ate breakfast and stretched. Apparently someone in the night or evening went through our bags and stole food and other items. My knife, drink mixes, snacks, candy and possible some cash went missing, all of this was discovered throughout the day unfortunately. … Continue reading Thieves and murders
The day started off in a monumental way, gear resupplied, full bellies, and sun. We caught the shuttle back to Addis gap and this is when our day started do take its turn into the adventure we had. Just a few hundred yards up the service road, a tree had fallen across the road and … Continue reading Two brothers, a friend, and the bear
Waking up to find Kevin had been bit was quite comical that very cold damp morning. All of us were groggy and tired from our restless, mice infested night of sleep. What little dry clothes we had were getting damp from our underwear and base layers. Kevin who has now started to call himself Thunder … Continue reading Small Views and Small Beers
Waking up after some good food was nice. We packed up and left the hotel in Hiawasee and headed back to Tesnatee gap. It's been raining steadily for a few days now so we expected to be wet most of the day. The rains and mist hid any sights or sounds from us. We set … Continue reading The water falls and the mice chew
After sleeping in the Blood Mountain Cabins I wasn't quite rested,the sound of rain reminded me of mice and kept me up most of the night. My shakedown had gone well the day before and I was eager to mail out the the three items Pretzel had suggested, as well as the winter gear I … Continue reading The Fog
We arrived at the hostel and this hostel wasn't really what I expected. Really and truly I didn't haven't much of an expectation but I did not expect a wooden cabin that looked more like a five star hotel. There were multiple rooms with bunk beds, singles, two kitchens, loft, two living rooms three porches, … Continue reading Hiker hostel
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