Category: The Hike

Originally posted Sunday March 6, 2021

Lost Mountain, Thomas Knob, Old Orchard, Village Inn, Davis Path, Knot Maul Branch, Chestnut Knob, Jenkins, Helvey’s Mill, Jenny Knob, Wapiti, Rendezvous, Rice Field, Bailey Gap, Laurel Creek, Niday, Pickle Branch, Campbell, Best Western, A Cousin’s Home, Wilson Creek, Bryant Ridge, Thunder Hill, John’s Hollow, Brown Mountain Creek, Seeley- Woodworth, Priest, Maupin Field, Wolfe, Calf Mountain, Blackrock, Pinefield, Bearfence, Rock Spring, Pass Mountain, Gravel Springs, Denton, Dicks Dome, Sam Moore, Lesser. One common theme . . .  

Originally posted Thursday March 4, 2021

Twenty-five years ago. Forty-six days start to finish. Forty-five nights, thirty-eight of them in thirty-six different trail shelters. Roughly five hundred miles. One pair of boots. An average of thirty-five to forty pounds on my back most days; fifty pounds with a full load. A nickname for life; a reputation to live by. Friends . . . and deafening solitude. Awe inspiring sights, smells, and sounds; gut wrenching struggles. The adventure, maybe the story of a lifetime. And now, vivid recollections to preserve.