Appalachian Trail
Blue Mountain Shelter to Tray Mountain Shelter
Day 7 – 05 Oct 2014 (8.1 miles) Ranger Joe got an early start hoping to make as far as possible to set up for getting into Dick’s Creek Gap early on Monday morning. 4Be left out a little afterwards and we left a short while later. Our initial plan was to make it to […]
Hogpen Gap to Blue Mountain Shelter
Day 6 – 04 Oct 2014 (11.9 miles) Samma dropped Bling & I off at Hogpen Gap at 9AM Saturday morning. She hiked the first 1.5 miles with us. From Low Gap to the base of the climb up to the Blue Mountain Shelter the walk is along an old CCC road and has some […]
Neels Gap – Hogpen Gap
Day 5 — 13 July 2014 (6.9 miles) Pretty flowers and plenty of rain today. We met Time Lapse at Wolf Laurel Top making a time lapse video of the view. Mark was singing in the rain as he hiked in his umbrella. Time Lapse caught us headed down the mountain and didn’t have […]
Woody Gap – Neels Gap
Day 4 — 12 July 2014 (10.7 miles) We started the day by getting to Hogpen Gap at 8AM to meet up with our shuttle. Nice lady, great service and pleasant ride over to Woody Gap. We arrived at Woody ready to go and hit the trail shortly after bailing out of the shuttle. Our […]
Prep day for next 17.5 miles
Pack loaded with change of clothes, water, filter, stove, food, bowl… Counting down to our next section of the AT. Bling and I are planning to drop a car at Hogpen Gap and get a shuttle from there down to Woody Gap. We plan to stay at Neel Gap so no tents to carry 🙂 […]
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES GOOCH SHELTER -> WOODY GAP
Day 3 – 29 Jun 2014 (5.2 miles) The day started with us boiling water and enjoying West Memphis Grits Souffle and Startbuck coffee (VIA Packets). After that, we headed down the trail (naturally Prospector left prior to Bling & me). We had 4 hours to travel the 5 miles from the shelter to Woody […]
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES HAWK SHELTER -> GOOCH SHELTER
Day 2 – 28 Jun 2014 (7.7 miles) Today was the day I earned my trail name — Flintstone due to my camp shoes. Bling was behind me for a while and kept staring at my Skeltoes on the outside of my pack. I would hear him giggling and ask what, and time after time it […]
The Journey Begins Springer -> Hawk Shelter
Day 1 – 27 Jun 2014 (8.1 miles) Samma dropped Mark (Bling) Wolinsky, Jerry Patton, and me at the parking lot for Springer Mountain around 9 AM. She and Alii joined us in the 1 mile hike to the top of Springer and the start of the trail. After much photo taking we headed back […]
Packing done…
I have packed my gear and ready to head out for our first section hike. Weight weight, including 3.5 liters of water and food (and 2 stoves/fuel) was 30 lbs. I am so ready for this first trip on the AT. We plan to hit the trail Friday morning at Springer Mountain, and Samma will […]
The prepping begins
Mark and I are about to begin the journey to section hike the Appalachian Trail. As of now, we plan to hike it NoBo consecutively. We plan to hit the trail Friday 27 Jun 2014 at Springer Mountain and plan to hike through to Woody Gap for pick up on Sunday 29 Jun 2014. My […]