In the last three days the weather gods decided to dump 5 inches of rain onto the trail and then drop the overnight temperatures to below freezing. I hiked through the night on day 3 to get to the next shelter before the storm hit. I am glad I did! That storm was nasty! It rained for 25 hours straight and the lightning and thunder rolled constantly. The storm ended up soaking most peoples tents and sleeping bags and forced them off the trail due to the sub freezing temps. I stopped of at Neel Gap today and it was awesome. Neel Gap is the first resupply point along the trail (without getting off the trail). I got a pizza, bought a bunch of snacks, and shipped 4 lbs of stuff home. I bought some much needed motrin. My Achilles tendons have been killing me. Each day I feel better on the trail. The beginning portion of the AT is setup to basically stop every 8 miles. Every 8 miles there is a shelter and a nearby water source. So you can either walk 8 miles or 16 miles.
The last three day stats:
Miles hiked: 25 miles
Avg miles per day: 8.3
Gear shipped home (4 lbs):
Hard sided bear vault (only needed it for a section of the trail that I didn't even sleep in)
Stove w/ cook pot
Coffee filter
Favorite piece of gear: treking poles. I feel like Timmy from South Park using my poles going down hill. Just a bunch of highly enabled sounds and flying metal poles.
I'm glad you survived. It rained fairly hard here for a few hours. I didn't know because my office doesn't have a window. Are you just going to try eating pre-cooked food instead ? You just gonna drink unfiltered coffee? That's pretty hardcore. Do you have any date you would like to be finished by? Something you are trying to keep pace with?
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