Saturday 4/19/08 Trip: 8.8 miles Elevation: 2744ft (max) 1030ft (min) 2178ft (total accent) Time: 3h 55m (moving) 1h 28m (stopped) Moving Avg: 2.2 mph Temperature: 75 F Wind: Light breeze Conditions: Partly Cloudy, no precipitation Pack Weight: ~26lbs (2L water, 1 day food) Summary: Mark, Cecilia, Miya and I set out to hike the entire …
Tag Archive: Camping
Apr 17 2008
Ft. Mountain Part 2
It’s time to tackle Ft. Mountain again. Hopefully this weekend the weather will cooperate and we won’t freeze our butts off like last time. Mark, his girlfriend and Miya are driving up from Gainesville and we’re going to tackle the 8.8 mile Gahuti Trail loop. [Weather report] for Chatsworth looks much better than last time. High in the 70′s, …
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 …