Today is the day. My brothers and I start our 68 mile hike through the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail. Scott arrives around 1pm, Mark and I are already packed and ready to go. As soon as Melissa gets off work, we’re packing the car up and heading out to the Springer Mountain trail …
Tag Archive: Appalachian Trail
Jun 01 2008
Georgia AT Trail Day 1 (Springer – 3 Forks)
Sunay 6/1/08 Trip: 5.77 miles Elevation: 3750ft (max) 2650ft (min) 631ft (total accent) Time: 2h 21m (moving) 1h 53m (stopped) Moving Avg: 2.5 mph Temperature: 70 F Wind: Light breeze Conditions: Partly Cloudy, no precipitation Pack Weight: ~40lbs (2L water, 7 days food) Summary: Our first day was a relatively short hike. Mel dropped us …
Apr 01 2008
Trip update
Some good news! It looks like my youngest brother Scott will be joining Mark and I on our Georgia section hike! In order to accomodate his RL schedule, we’re pushing the start date back to June 1st, 2008. Right now it looks like Scott will fly into Atlanta late on the 31st – we’ll pick …
Mar 03 2008
Appalachian Trail lead-in Hike
On Saturday March 8th, 2008 Mark and I will be hiking the 8 mile lead-in trail. We’re going to start in at the Amicola Ranger Station, hike the 8 miles up Springer Mountain to the AT trail head, camp over night and then return home that Sunday. It should be a great shake-down trip for …
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