The Great AT Expedition

Miles Hiked: 2,022.3

Miles to Hike:

167.8

Day 13...Different Paths

May 24, 2017

Blog 5/24/2017 Kate and I were talking yesterday about the possibility of her needing to stop a couple of days earlier than we had originally planned. Her knees have been hurting her a lot the past 5 days, and have been made worse by a fall during the rainstorms yesterday. It is important for Kate to be able to backpack on Monday, when she goes to work as a Ranger for Philmont Scout Ranch, in Cimarron, New Mexico. We have made plans for Kate to stay and rest at a shelter called the 'Fontana
Day 12...Rain and more rain

May 23, 2017

Blog Post by Kate Ok, so imagine someone dumping a bucket of water over your head. Now picture someone following you around with a constant flow of that much water. That is what it felt like for most of the day. We started off early and it wasn't long before it started to rain and we were soaked even with rain gear. The forest was transformed into a rain forest with clouds that made it look like you were trying to see though a foggy wind shield. We hiked over mountain "Too steep" and "Mount
Day 11....No room in the Inn...wait

May 22, 2017

Today we slept in until 6:00 am. When we got up, it had turned out that Chief had come to the shelter around 11:00 pm the night prior and had squeezed into the same shelter behind everyone else. As we started to get ready, Chief already was packing up his equipment. He told us that he had not started hiking until 3:00 pm the previous day, and had not stopped until he arrived at the shelter. He said he only fell twice in the dark. Today, it did not start to rain until we were about to
Day Ten...How high's the water Mama?

May 21, 2017

We woke up in our tent around 6:30 a.m., after a not so great night sleep due the to constant heavy rain. We knew though, that we had to get moving and pack everything up, even though most of our gear was really wet. Let me tell you, there is no such thing as waterproof, only water resistant - kinda. We had set up camp about 75 yards from the road, at a place called Winding Stair Gap. So all we had to do was walk down and hitch a ride into Franklin, NC; about 12 miles east. Turned out to be

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