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TERC HIKING CLUB SCHEDULE July-December, 1980 Hike Date " Trip Rating Leader July 12 Sat. 1 day Old Bjack (Beyond 6000) D Collins Chew July 18-20 Fri.-Sun. 3 days . Sierra Club- Tenn. Chapter Quarterly Mtg. Roan Mtn. State Park Eight Hikes of Varying Length E-D Sierra Club Aug. 2-3 Sat.-Sun. 2 days Mt. LeConte via Cannon Creek D Stan Murray Aug. 16 Sat. 1 day Mt. Celo to Deep Gap D Doug Lowman Aug. 23-24 Sat.-Sun. 2 days Yellow Mtn. to Hump Mtn. (Overnight Backpack) E Lewis Carson Aug. 30-31 } Sat.-Mon. 3 days Multiclub Meet, Georgia E-D Sept. 1 Sept. 6-14 9 days AT, Maine, Hwy. 5-Hwy. 27 D Collins Chew Sept. 20 Sat. 1 day Linville Gorge M Dick Clark Sept. 27-28 Sat.-Sun. 2 days Mt. LeConte D ~ouis 8alsfWIJ-tf *' J, fiN- Oct. 11-12 Sat.-Sun. 2 days Big Bald (Overnight) M-D Hugh Thompson Oct.18-19 Sat.-Sun. 2 days Cumberland Caverns (Overnight- Underground) E-M Collins Chew Oct. 25 Sat. 1 day Trail of the Lonesome Pine M Gordon Newland Nov. 2 Sun. 1/2 day Dinner Meeting - Cabin Fun Nov. 8 Sat. 1/2 day Hanging Rock E Frank Oglesby Nov. 22 Sat. 1/2 day Chimney Top M Collins Chew CANOE SCHEDULE July 13 Sun. 1 day Nolichucky Gorge I-IV* R. Sparks July 27 Sun. 1 day Lower Nolichucky 1-111 D. Ingram Aug. 10 Sun. 1 day French Broad Gorge I-IV G. Porter Aug.16 Sat. 1 day Nantahala I-III W. Mclain Aug. 30 Sat. 1 day New River Gorge (Raft & Canoe) 1-V Rudy Arnold Oct. 18-19 Sat,-Sun. 2 days Big South Fork (TSRA) 1-111 T . Dougherty Oct. 26 Sun. 1 day Toe River 1-11 I D. Ingram FUTURE HIKES- TENTATIVE POSSIBILITIES 1981 - Summer Norway or Hawaii Bob Miller 1981 or 1982 Mt. Rainier (Backpacking or Climbing) Collins Chew * Class of Difficulty explained on back of the folder. TEC 11928· 1 (6-80) TERC HIKING CLUB TRIP NOT ICE OLD BLACK {Beyond 6000) , JULY 12, 1980- Saturday This hike in the Smoki es wil l follow the Snake Den Mountain Trail from Cosby Campground to t he Appalachian Tr ail at Inadu Knob . Then we will hi ke near t o Old Black (6370') and bushwhack . 15 mile to the summit . The round trip is 13.4 miles. If a few of the group have ext r a energy they may do another 2 miles and include a s econd "Beyond 6000 pick", Mt . Guyot (6621'), which is the second highest mountain in t he Park. The trai l should be O.K. Bring lunch, canteen, suitable clothes and r a in gear. We wi l l eat supper on the way back. Starting time 7:30A.M. Meet i ng place B-215 par king lot Dri v ing distance 180 miles - round trip Hiking -di stance 13.4 miles Total climb 4000 feet Es timated return time 9:00P.M. For more information call Collins Chew at 239-6237. Old Black (Beyond 6000') - July 12, 1980 - Colli ns Chew Doug Lowman and Collins Chew climbed the graded Snakeden Trail from Cosby Campground to the AT and on along the AT to Old Black. A short but difficult bushwhack through brush and blowdowns brought us to the summit of Old Black (6370 ft.). It was a beautiful clear day for summer in the Smokies. There were fine views of the valley, Mt. Cammer and the other 6000 ft. pecks in the eastern end of the Par~. We almost beat the 30% chance of thundershowers back to the car. TRIP NOTICE CHATTOOGA RIVER FLOAT- Sat. & Sun., JULY 26-27, 1980 This trip will be on section III and possibly section IV depending on t he wishes and ability of the group. We will plan to leave Friday after work and make base camp at Oconee State Park in South Carolina. Trips for both days will start from the campground. We will probably not get back to Kingsport before 10:00 P.M., Sunday. The put-in for sec. III is about 1/3 mile from the parking lot so be prepared for a long carry (or drag) to the put-in. Sec. III is mostly class II and III rapids with one class IV (Bull Sluice) . Sec. IV is much tougher. If you can successfully run Bull Sluice 3 out of 4 times you are ready for sec. IV. If you want to go and enjoy this National Wild and Scenic River, complete and return the form below.: To: Terry Dougherty, B-150, TEC Name Ext.-- ---- Home Phone------ I ~lan to car-pool with~-------------------- I can carry____ canoes on my car. MT. LE CONTE VIA CANNON CREEK, AUGUST 2-3, 19.80 WILUe :tJr.ac.eJ.> o6 tfU-6 rxut .6wnmeJt .6.tAU_ .li.ngeJt, U -<A .tUne to pun 6on next .6 wnm eJt '.6 c.neek. .:tll.ip . I ha.ve ma.de neJ.>eJtva.tion.6 6on t3 pe.Mon.6 a.t LeConte Lodge 6on Sa.tuJLda.y rU.ght Aug~Mt 2. We will ha.ve the .tM..ge todge. It'.6 been .6eve.Jta.t !fea.Jt.6 .6~nc.e we've done Ca.nnon Cneek, a.nd U bec.kon.6 1M ba.c.k. It -<A the do.6eJ.>t to the .6urrmU o6 tho.6e on the Gneenb!UeJt Cove .6~de o6 the moun:t;a.-<.n. It' .6 mo.6t .6pec.ta.c.u£.a.n 6ea.tune -<A a. /Ugh wa.ten6a.U a.bout ha.t6wa.y up. We Uke to ea.t func.h on the tedge ha.t6wa.y up the wa.teJt6a.U. Tw -<A a.U o one on. the .6teepe!.>t c.neek.-6 be.:tween the 6a.U.6 a.nd the .6ummU, exc.epting Le~.>ten Pnong tha.t we~ ~n t978. Ail ~n a.tt, U'.6 a. 6~ne c.neek a.nd, ~6 we'ne tuc.ky enough to ha.ve .6un.61Une, a. m0.6t bea.uti6ut one. I ha.ve to tuJLn ~n the 6utt a.mount by N~vembeJt 1. Send me youn c.hec.k 6on $79.08 ea.c.h 6on the todge (.6up peJt, todg~ng a.nd bnea.k6a..6t). The 6~t thinteen c.hec.k-6 nec.~ved witt be hononed. Some da.y the pnogna.m c.orrrniliee ma.y Uke to .6c.hedute a.n eveMng o 6 c.neek .6~el.> ta.ken 6nom OU!L .10 on mane c.on.6 ec.utive yea.M! Sta.n MuJLJta. y , B~ ng 24 4 Xt. LeConte via Cannon Creek - August 2-3, 1980 - Sta Murray Thirteen creek climbers met in Greenbrier Cove at the foot of Mt. LeConte in the Smokies at 8:00 a.m. on August 2: Terry, Pat and Tim Dougherty, Powell Foster, Tom Gatti, Ann and Clint Iles, Linda Jewell, Judy and Stan Murray, Gordon Newland, Taylor Pickard, and Paul Somers. Soon we were in Cannon Creek and enjoying tae cool water around our legs and in our boots. Terry was seen to sit in a deep pool now and then. The sun was shining and the water low, ideal conditions for ~- creeR. trip. By early afternoon we arrived at the big falls; beyond it was one &teep rock ascent after another till we arrived at the Boulevard Trail just under LeConte sunnnit. A rare occurrence, we arrived in time for supper at the lodge. The sun set behind some distant clouds as we watched from Clifftop. Morning fog cancelled the sunrise. Tnc Trillium Gap Trail then led us from the coolness of the mountain top to the heat of the valley and homeward. AT Haintainance Section 1 (Spivey Gap t o Nolichucky River) - Saturday, August 9, 1980 - Jack Young ~a August 9, Frank Williams and Jack Young returned to AT Section 1 (Spivey Gap - Nolichucky River) to remove blow-dmvns left by recent storms. Several blow-downs were removed from the start of the trip at Spivey Gap to approximately one mile north of No Business Shelter. After this the blow-downs became more numerous and larger, forcing us to leave some of the larger ones, but we did manage to clean a path either around or under these. If this section is typical, then we have much work to do on the trail. (Incidentally, Frank Williams' name was omitted from the list of persons working this section on May 17th. Frank was very much with us and it is regrett ed his name was missing.) Ri A t 9 1980 - Collins Chew · fndiari Grave Gap to Nolichucky ver - ugus s k Rt · Jud Barry of Work Trip on Aug. 9th- Indian Grave Gap to Nolic~~ct~e w:~:~ blowdowns from Nolichucky Chattanooga, hiked 65 miles of our section and _sa Indian Grave Gap. Six of us went Riyer to Hampton were between Curley Maple Gap(andleast 20) blowdowns and cleared the (')Ut Saturday, August 9, 1980 and cut out many at left as is and we Trail. A swarm of hornets indicated they wanted one blowdo~ We also painted the complied witn tneir wisnes- only got one sting· (Earl B~:~e~tire TERC Hiking Club Olazes and thereby achiev~d a first for recent years. r Workers were se.cti:on - 125 miles - has be~n blazed and cleared all in one yea · .,_ p· Earl Brown, Ralph Young, noug LoWJilan, John Kiefer, Ben P£~lot and Collins C.
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