Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
We’re leaving Thursday morning and intending to return Sunday evening. The agenda is as follows:
Parking car 1 (most likely a grey VW Jetta) at Amicalola Falls State Park, GA
Parking car 2 (most likely a black Honda Civic) at Woody Gap, SR 60, near Suches, GA (possibly near 34.67650, -84.00050 but unconfirmed)
Thursday – Amicalola Falls State Park to Springer Mountain via AT Approach Trail (~9 miles)
Camping in or near Springer Mountain Shelter (~ 34.62680, -84.19350) depending on weather. We’ll probably set up along the blue-blaze trail 100 or so paces to the east of the shelter. Bear country, but we have appropriate gear for hanging food, etc.
Friday – Springer Mountain to Hawk Mountain (~7.7 miles)
Camping near or in Hawk Mountain Shelter (~ 34.66120, -84.15570) depending on weather. We’ll most likely continue north 100 or so paces and set up camp near the trail. Again, bear country.
Saturday – Hawk Mountain to Gooch Mountain (~7.1 miles)
Camping in or near Gooch Mountain Shelter (~ 34.65430, -84.03520) depending on weather. We’ll most likely set up along the blue-blaze trail 100 or so paces to the west of the shelter. Again, bear country.
Sunday – Gooch Mountain to Woody Gap (~5 miles)
Taking car 2 back to Amicalola to pick up car 1, then heading home.
I’ll plan on posting here Monday by midday or at least being online and accessible. If you don’t see me, try to contact me. If you can’t get in touch with me at all, contact:
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
799 Washington Street
P.O. Box 807
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425-0807
Phone: (304) 535-6331
Fax: (304) 535-2667
If an emergency arises, they should know that it’s summer and that we’ll be stopping to purify water and refill potentially every 3 to 4 miles along the way. We’ll leave some amount of gear on the trail before exiting it to refill, so if gear is located on the trail, it means we left it at that point.
More to come.
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