Friday – Saturday 4/2/10 Trip: 16.0 miles (plus another 3 mile road hike back to car) Elevation: 128ft (max) 42ft (min) ~210ft (total accent) Time: ~8 hours total hiking Temperature: 85 F Wind: Light breeze Conditions: Clear, no precipitation, low humidity Pack Weight: ~24lbs (overnight load) Summary: Myakka State Park is pretty typical for a …
Tag Archive: Trails
Jun 04 2008
Georgia AT Trail Day 4 (Slaughter Creek – Tesnatee Gap)
Wednesday 6/4/08 Trip: 10.1 miles Elevation: 4485ft (max) 3175ft (min) 2051ft (total accent) Time: 6h 16m (moving) 4h 46m (stopped) Moving Avg: 1.6 mph Temperature: 80 F Wind: Light breeze Conditions: Clear, no precipitation Pack Weight: ~33lbs (2L water, 4 days food) Summary: Blood Mountain was definitely one of the coolest parts of the whole …
Jun 03 2008
Georgia AT Trail Day 3 (Gooch Gap – Slaughter Creek)
Tuesday 6/3/08 Trip: 12.4 miles Elevation: 3906ft (max) 2850ft (min) 2356ft (total accent) Time: 6h 16m (moving) 4h 35m (stopped) Moving Avg: 2.1 mph Temperature: 80 F Wind: Light breeze Conditions: Clear, no precipitation but very humid Pack Weight: ~35lbs (2L water, 5 days food) Summary: The run out of Gooch Gap towards Woody Gap …
Jun 02 2008
Georgia AT Trail Day 2 (3 Forks – Gooch Gap)
Monday 6/2/08 Trip: 13 miles Elevation: 3350ft (max) 2450ft (min) 2788ft (total accent) Time: 6h 08m (moving) 4h 41m (stopped) Moving Avg: 2.1 mph Temperature: 70 F Wind: Light breeze Conditions: Clear, no precipitation Pack Weight: ~38lbs (2L water, 6 days food) Summary: First full day with decent mileage. Georgia is famous for it’s constant …
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 …
May 19 2008
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Saturday 5/17/08 Trip: 9.76 miles Elevation: 1811ft (max) 981ft (min) 1620ft (total accent) Time: 3h 44m (moving) 38m (stopped) Moving Avg: 2.6 mph Temperature: 71 F Wind: Light breeze Conditions: Clear, no precipitation Pack Weight: Summary: This was a solo hike through part of the [Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park]. The weather was perfect – …
