Oh Guillotine

When I woke up this morning, there was a bitter chill in the air. I there for determined I would be eating breakfast in my sleeping bag.

I hit trail at 6:45AM this morning with the realization that I had a lot of climbing, ten miles worth to be specific. The nice thing was that it was all in the morning, when I tend to have all my energy due to breakfast.

The nine mile climb to the summit of Apple Orchard Mountain was quite easy, it was just long. There was only one view during the climb, and that was on the summit due to an open field created by a tower owned and operated by the military of the United States of America.

I then passed under the famous "Guillotine", which is a large rock that's wedged between two rock faces, it hangs about ten feet directly above the trail. I'm convinced that rock will fall one day.

After lunch at Thunder Hill Shelter, I began my tumbling descent towards the James River.

Thunder Ridge overlook was nice, but that was the only good ciew on the descent besides the one I had on Apple Orchard Mountain.

My home for tonight it Matt's Creek Shelter. Tomorrow I will either go into Glasgow for resupply or push onto Brown Mountain Creek Shelter and resupply Thursday in Buena Vista.

I shall now cook and eat dinner, which is a fairly fancy way of saying I shall boil water and add pasta.

Then I shall read.

Good night, and good luck.

Kirby

Ga>ME 2008.