Open air privies

It was 1:45AM, and I was awoken by a sudden crash. It turns out my trekking poles were thrashed to the ground by a strong gust of wind. It then began to rain quite heavily. It made for an interesting night.

Wake up call was 6:45AM, and I was on trail at 7:35AM preparing for my 20 mile march.

The climb up Stone Mountain was fairly easy. There were plenty og rocks and roots to navigate through.

Between Wise Shelter and Virginia route 603 I passed approximately 4,000 weekend warriors. One group of hikers was all females, and the other was a boy scout troop, presumably.

Have I mentioned the trail was littered with rocks and roots today? It was worse than Maine in some spots, which is absolultely preposterous.

The trail was pleasantly graded though, which makes for easier hiking.

The climb up to "High Point" felt like a death march though. Towards the end of your day, the last thing you want to do is have a long climb standing between you and your destination for the night.

My home for tonight is Trimpi Shelter. Tomorrow I shall walk 1.5 miles to Virgnia route 672, where I shall be slackpacked to Partnership Shelter and the taken into Marion, Virginia to complete some town chores.

Well, I have now walked over 500 miles, and now I shall walk over 1500 more. I don't plan to fall down at anyone's door.

And that's the way it was.

Kirby

Ga>ME 2008.