Zach's Thru-hike 2006
Zach's Thru-hike 2006

Thursday, March 23, 2006

5. Getting started

The plaque on Springer Mountain


One week into my trip, and I'm in Hiawassee, GA., about 60 miles into the Trail. Today it's supposed to rain and snow up in the mountains, so I'm taking a Zero-day with Wolfpaw and Lothar, two hikers who happened to be around when I hitched into town. We have a sweet setup at the Holiday Inn--with hiker rates and sharing one room, we are only paying like $22 each. The hiking has been beautiful, but the weather has been very cold.
The coldest morning so far was 22 degrees, and that came after a close call involving an ice storm and a brush with mild hypothermia. Much of my gear was wet, and wet equals heavy, so I opted to hitch into town a little earlier than planned. I have a full roll of film, but this town only has two places to develop film--one takes a week and the other's equipment is broken. So, still no pictures, but I promise a lot of them once I get these taken care of. There are a lot of great people out here and I am having a lot of fun staying with the crowd of about 8 people that I shared Springer Mountain with on my first day. In two days I'll be out of Georgia and into North Carolina and Tenessee, and a week after that I'll be in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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Zach's Thru-hike 2006

Thursday, March 23, 2006

5. Getting started

The plaque on Springer Mountain


One week into my trip, and I'm in Hiawassee, GA., about 60 miles into the Trail. Today it's supposed to rain and snow up in the mountains, so I'm taking a Zero-day with Wolfpaw and Lothar, two hikers who happened to be around when I hitched into town. We have a sweet setup at the Holiday Inn--with hiker rates and sharing one room, we are only paying like $22 each. The hiking has been beautiful, but the weather has been very cold.
The coldest morning so far was 22 degrees, and that came after a close call involving an ice storm and a brush with mild hypothermia. Much of my gear was wet, and wet equals heavy, so I opted to hitch into town a little earlier than planned. I have a full roll of film, but this town only has two places to develop film--one takes a week and the other's equipment is broken. So, still no pictures, but I promise a lot of them once I get these taken care of. There are a lot of great people out here and I am having a lot of fun staying with the crowd of about 8 people that I shared Springer Mountain with on my first day. In two days I'll be out of Georgia and into North Carolina and Tenessee, and a week after that I'll be in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Posted by Tsnake :: 9:26 AM :: 3 Comments:

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