Southeastern backpacking, camping, climbing, hiking and snowboarding.
Posted in Backpacking, Events in the Southeast, Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008
Beginning August 5th, 2008, Karl Meltzer will be taking on the insane feat of running, thats right running the length of the Appalachian Trail. Starting at the northern terminus at Mt. Kathadin in Maine all the way to Springer Mountain in Georgia in less than 47 days.
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Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Apr 8th, 2008
We ended up getting something like two inches of rain on Friday and more through Saturday as spring continues to roll in. In spite of the tornado watches in effect it was time to hit the next leg of the A.T and it was a great weekend for backpacking. The rain did [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Mar 3rd, 2008
Okay, I did the next small leg of the A.T. yesterday from Springer Mountain parking lot. I got up there late and wanted to make it at least to Three Forks. It was 420pm when I actually started on the trail. The weather as predicted by local news was perfect. I was reminded of [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Feb 3rd, 2008
I had one of the best day hikes I have had in a good while. The weather was ridiculously mild for February 2! Of course, I forgot my camera again. I was actually thinking it wouldn’t be that great for pictures but was way off. It was actually very clear and the sky was plenty [...]
