Day Date Lat/Lon Actual Expected Banked Daily 5 Day Avg
Day Date Lat/Lon Actual Expected Banked Daily 5 Day Avg Notes 0 4/14/2019 34.627275, -84.193860 0.0 START @ Springer Mountain, skipped Amicolola Falls State Park 8.8 mile approach trail 1 4/14/2019 34.664719, -84.146218 7.3 16.0 -8.7 7.3 7.3 Stormy, met Matt from England, camped at Hawk (?), pee bottle leaked, tent now smells - ugh!, will it keep bears away? 2 4/15/2019 34.708707, -83.98402 23.9 31.0 -7.1 16.6 12.0 Sunny and cool, met Triman and Captain Ahab, Paul-lean, lost pole tip, camped at Lance Creek, saw Matt 3 4/16/2019 34.776373, -83.825791 42.7 47.0 -4.3 18.8 14.2 Sunny and cool, fixed pole tip at Neel Gap, Blood Mountain climb, trail magic with King Tut and Pilgrim, prayed for me as I left, met Red, Rosie and Haley, Cloud & dog Rain, camped at Low Gap Shelter, no Matt, major chaff, Rosie gave me some diaper rash cream 4 4/17/2019 34.803603, -83.676981 58.2 63.0 -4.8 15.5 14.6 RESUPPLY, At Trey Mountain Shelter, sunny and warm, hike 10 and caught hitch from Dee with sign into Hiawassee GA, bought resupply, went to MacDonalds for lunch, met shuttle driver, Ru, outside of MacDs, back on trail for 6 more miles, two big climbs, staying at Tray Mountain Shelter, met Brad Zpacks tent, Robert and Maggie, starting to bump into the same hikers, cool temp tonight, chaff better, got ointment at store 5 4/18/2019 34.945858, -83.588361 73.8 78.0 -4.2 15.6 14.8 At plum orchard shelter, cloudy, cool, then sunny and warm, met Bags, Small, Waya (wolf in Cherokee) in tramily of 3 gals and 1 guy (no trail name), THC, Phil big man, Tom and his dog Miles, MJ with Brad, Rain tonight?! 6 4/19/2019 35.041999, -83.548279 85.9 94.0 -8.1 12.1 15.7 Cloudy and very rainy from 1 AM to 1 PM, only did 12 miles, left GA now in NC, missed GA/NC sign, NC hills were hard especially with torrential downpour for hours, met Snake, Freckles, Fred/Chong & Coin, Dev, saw Scattered again, he said Tom fell off trail, sleeping in Standing Indian Shelter, a first.
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