Appalachian Trail

Stecoah Gap to Fontana Dam

15 May 2017 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)

My nephew TJ joined us on this trip! Last time I was backpacking with TJ was at Philmont. We headed up to meet Mark at Fontana Dam to leave the van.  Once we were loaded up we drove to Stecoah Gap to start our adventure. We hiked the 2.4 miles to the shelter in the […]

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NOC to Stecoah Gap

27 Mar 2017 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)

We started by meeting Thursday night at Yellow Creek Gap Rd crossing to leave my van with plans to end our hike here Sunday afternoon.  Once we arrived at the NOC we found our room turned in for the night with plans to eat a hearty breakfast before hitting the trail. We ate at River’s […]

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Wayah Bald to the NOC

10 Aug 2016 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)

Friday afternoon found Mark & I converging on the NOC.  We had dinner there and then left my van parked there and drove over to Wayah Bald.  Once there we headed down to Wayah Bald Shelter for the night.  When we arrived there were 3 ladies in camp.  I stayed in the shelter while Mark […]

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02-05 Apr 2016 Deep Gap to Wayah Bald

08 Apr 2016 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)Uncategorized

Friday night found us (Mark [Bling], Lee [Sherpa Master], and me [Flintstone]) meeting at Wayah Bald Trailhead parking lot and leaving my van for us to exit with. We all jumped in Mark’s truck and travelled over to Deep Gap.  We arrived in plenty of time to set up camp before the sun went down […]

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Georgia Completed

21 Apr 2015 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)

With completing the AT in Georgia, I applied and received my 80 miler patch from the GATC.

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Blue Ridge Gap GA to Deep Gap NC

07 Apr 2015 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)

Day 11 – 04 Apr 2015 (10.1 miles – 85.4 miles) The day started early for me.  I had to get up, buy gas and drive the 45 minutes North to meet Bling at his house at 7AM.  We picked up breakfast and headed North to our parking spot at Blue Ridge Gap. It was […]

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Dick’s Creek to Blue ridge Gaps

17 Jan 2015 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)

Day 10 – 17 Jan 2015 (5.6 miles – 75.3 miles) It was a great day to hike!  Clear skies, great views, great company! Bling and I had an awesome day.  We met at Dick’s creek and moved a car to Charlies Creek Rd.  The Rav4 couldn’t make it all the way to Blue Ridge […]

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A walk in the clouds

21 Dec 2014 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)

Day 9 – 20 Dec 2014 (9.3 miles) We planned to meet at Dick’s Creek Gap at 9 AM, leave my car and drive around to the parking for Steeltrap Gap.  Meeting went off without a hitch, and we started around to the parking stop with a short stop at the Top of Georgia Hiker Hostel. We arrived […]

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Trail work

15 Nov 2014 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailMaintenanceRichard (Flintstone)

Today was a fun day doing Trail Maintenance.  I met up with the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club to help haul wood chips from Unicoi Gap to the privy at Blue Mountain Shelter.  Each bag of wood chips was 20 lbs.  Everyone carried a bag up the mountain. Round trip from Unicoi Gap to the shelter […]

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Tray Mountain Shelter to Steeltrap Gap

10 Oct 2014 Richard Blackburn Appalachian TrailRichard (Flintstone)

Day 8 – 06 Oct 2014 (1.7 miles) As planned for the day we got a late start since we had a short walk down the hill to Steeltrap Gap. We said goodbye to everyone and wished 4Be luck on hike to Franklin, and to Buttercup on her planned thru hike next March. After an […]

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