[Appalachian Trail 2011] The first 30!!!

[Jon]

Jon and I made it to Neels gap today. So far the weather has been great. Mostly sunny with just one day of rain. The biggest problem we've had so far aside from my blisters is that we brought way too much food to start with which has made our packs heavier than we would like. We had our packs looked over by the "experts" at the outfitters here and got rid of four pounds between us. Next we just have to eat more of our food. Both Jon and I have had some knee problems caused by walking downhill. Downhill is much worse than going uphill.

We don't know for sure where we will stay tonight but it will be a short day to recover and repack. We hope to be in Hiawassee, GA 31.7 miles from here by Sunday. It's 11 miles off the trail so we'll have to hitch a ride. Next update will probably be from Hiawassee.

-Dave

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Posted By Jon to Appalachian Trail 2011 at 3/17/2011 12:14:00 PM