Spring Break pics!!

[thehstrybean]

So, for spring break I went backpacking with some friends. We did part of the AT in the GSM NP. We started at Newfound Gap, hiked to Double Springs (over Clingman's Dome, which had .1 miles of ice, which was a bitch), then from Double Springs to Derricks Knob. We then hiked off the AT, up two mountains (two friends and I took a wrong trail, 3 miles uphill, then 2 more up) to a campsite, then out the next day (4 days total). It was supposed to be more but the guy who was our "leader" broke his ankle. Ouch. On the way back, the guy that I was taking back to Chattanooga and I got stranded on the side of I40 in Knoxville when my distrib. died. Great.

Flickr Album

Some of my favorites:
Stuck on I40
Another on the side of the road
Pretty waterfall
Beautiful Mountains
Last nights camp
Cool stream
Gotta filter water...
Me with a waterfall (water was really cold)
Just to show that I was there
"AT" carved into a log
The trail was in bad shape in some places, so we had to climb trees (that's me)

 

[Chaotic42]

What the hell is "The AT"?

 

[SmoochyTX]

While I have no idea where you were at, it looks like you had a great time. For the most part anyway.

 

[FoBoT]

Appalachian trail = AT

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
What the hell is "The AT"?

Appalachian Trail, as FoBoT said...

Oh, and that part of the trail goes in and out of TN & NC. The trail (I believe) helps make up the border...

 

[dugweb]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
What the hell is "The AT"?

this kept going through my mind reading through the post... i couldn't even be happy for the OP b/c of how annoying that acronym was :laugh:

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: dugweb

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
What the hell is "The AT"?

this kept going through my mind reading through the post... i couldn't even be happy for the OP b/c of how annoying that acronym was :laugh:

I went backpacking on AnandTech. It was amazing.

 

[dartworth]

We were on that same part of the AT a few years ago. Started out at Clingman's Dome stayed out for about 6 days...:thumbsup:

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: dartworth
We were on that same part of the AT a few years ago. Started out at Clingman's Dome stayed out for about 6 days...:thumbsup:

Clingman's wasn't really that, except for the fact that it was 32F on the way up and parts were frozen solid. I resorted to rock climbing techniques and took 2x as long by checking my footholds each time. I thought I had a good one but slipped on a piece of ice that was a ****** glacier and busted my knee and got a pretty deep gash on my hand...It was fun, though.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I would have waited a month until it warms up. Cold-weather hiking is alright, but you never know when the weather is going to turn in the mountains. I was once on the AT around Roan Mtn and Carver's Gap (TN/NC border) and it was 70 degrees, then snowing with 90mph gusts of wind within about 4 hours time. It's crazy.

 

[Alone]

Spring break pictures, but no women?

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
I would have waited a month until it warms up. Cold-weather hiking is alright, but you never know when the weather is going to turn in the mountains. I was once on the AT around Roan Mtn and Carver's Gap (TN/NC border) and it was 70 degrees, then snowing with 90mph gusts of wind within about 4 hours time. It's crazy.

It was insane. It was sunny and warm right up until we got to Newfound, then it was got really foggy, damp, and cold. Toward the end of the week it was 70 and really nice. We got sleeted on really bad about a mile before Clingman's. The bad part was, it was a really exposed part of the trail.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: Alone
Spring break pictures, but no women?

We ran into one woman. She was with the outdoors club at USC (South Carolina). She was cool, and a friend of mine has pics (I think). I'll have to get them from him...

Cool story. After second night, a guy walks in at 10am. We had been up about an hour. We were like, "Damn, when did this guy start?" He had camped on the side of the trail about .25 miles back because he couldn't make it. (It was his first time, he was alone with a pack that weighed ~70 lbs and was going by books). He gave us a ton of really nice cigars and a couple of gatorade bottles full of Irish whiskey. We took that weight off of his hands...

 

[LordMorpheus]

Big Bend National Park:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/LordMorpheus/196.JPG

Boots on the right are mine. This is from Emory Peak.

 

[RossGr]

Nice Pics.

I have always dreamt of doing a hike on the Applicaian Trail, but live on the wrong coast. We had to settle for the Pacific Crest Trail.

 

[Mike2002]

Hiking the whole AT from start to finish has always been a goal of mine for some day when I get the time. Its a great place and i'm just about 2.5 hours from us so its a great place to take the weekend.

 

[IronWing]

Where's the rain? It can't be the AT without rain.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Where's the rain? It can't be the AT without rain.

Oh, it rained. Lots. Everybody made fun of me for bringer rain pants, but at the end of the day, I was dry...oh so dry...