On Saturday, bright and early, well actually dark and early, Emily boarded a bus to catch an over night train to get to Georgia. So the "Jet Plane" titled posting was misleading, sorry. The Hiker Hostel is kind enough to run a shuttle from the transit center in Gainesville to the hostel, where Emily arrived Sunday morning. There was a group of 5 other hikers being picked up at the hostel and being dropped off at the trail head by the shuttle, and rather than kick around all day waiting for Monday to arrive, Emily decided to hit the trail early!
First summit: Springer Mountain, elevation 3,782 ft. Woohoo! The climb was gentle, but a bit slippery and mushy. In fact, it went from muddy to slushy to down right icy. Sunday night's sleeping quarters were the Hawk Mountain Shelter, 7.6 miles from the summit. The weather at Springer Mountain was overcast and about 45 degrees. Not a bad first day.
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Sounds like you're off to a great start! Hope you've got company for hiking, the worrywart in me worries about you being by yourself in the middle of the woods!
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It was warmer up here in VT...mud season just comes earlier every year.
ReplyDeleteExciting! This will be so much fun to track you on your journey.
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