[Appalachian Trail 2011] 700 Miles

[Jon]

Everyday since leaving Pearisburg VA has felt the same. I'll explain, the day starts with a mile or so before climbing up 500 to 1500 feet. At the top we walk along a ridge that usually contains many large rocks that are hard on your feet. After traversing 4 to 10 miles we head back down. Then another few humps before starting all over again. In the past five days we have climb over 9 ridges.

After leaving Pearisburg we headed 19.2 miles to Pine Swamp Branch Shelter. The cool thing about this day was that we saw 3 black bear cubs in the bushes at the top of a hill. We left quickly though and didn't see the mother which was a very good thing. On the May 1st we hiked 18.5 miles to Laurel Creek Shelter. From there we moved to Pickle Branch Shelter 22.5 miles down the trail. On the 3rd, we hiked 23 miles crossing 700 total miles and McAfee Knob (one of the most photographed spots) to Lamberts Meadow Shelter. And today we went a mere 9.3 miles into Daleville, VA where we resupplied once again and had Mexican for dinner. We are currently sharing a motel room with 6 people total.

LEGO & Redwood

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Posted By Jon to Appalachian Trail 2011 at 5/04/2011 08:32:00 PM