Day: |
007 |
Date: |
Friday, 9 May 1986 |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
21.5 |
Daily Other Miles |
0 |
Total
AT Miles: |
127.9 |
Total All Miles |
134.2 |
Weather: |
Hot, humid and partly cloudy. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Three buns, orange juice.
Lunch: Biscuits and peanut butter, potato chips, Coke. Dinner:
Vegetable sauce and rice, instant pudding. |
Aches: |
Feet sore |
Animals Seen: |
Marmot, squirrel, chipmunk. |
People Seen: |
Three AT Thru-Hikers, four others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
I got up at 7:40am, packed up and walked up
to the Campground store. I had three buns and some orange juice for
breakfast and then got a lift back up to Wallace Gap. On the way we
saw two AT hikers walking down to the Campground. The day was
already quite warm. The Trail again climbed up to peaks and down to
saddles, mostly through fairly dry open forest, with occasional good
views. I reached Wayah Crest Picnic Ground at about 11:50am and
decided to lunch at a lovely sunny table. While doing my diary, I
put a big dent in a bag of potato chips and two litres of Coke I had
been carrying. I left at about 1pm and, as I crossed the road
through Wayah Gap, met a guy I’d first met at Blood Mt Shelter. He
was organising a walkathon along the Trail and said he had a feeling
he might see me today. Coincidence. I pressed on through forest
and then up a tough climb to Wayah Bald and a developed
look-out. Near the top, military jets began flying around. There
were good views from the look-out and it seemed that jet pilots saw
me because they made a close fly past of the tower – one on either
side – then later did a roll right above me. I continued along the
Trail and stopped at Cold Spring Shelter to fill my water bottles in
case water was scarce at the campsite two miles further on. I read
the Shelter register and saw that the New Zealander, Andy Clark,
seemed to be heading for the same campsite. I walked on another 45
minutes and arrived to find him set up and just finishing
dinner. He was a pleasant guy, 23, and this was the first part of a
two year stay overseas. He was a very experienced hiker. After
dinner, I set up my sleeping bag on the Trail, the only relatively
flat spot, and went to bed about 9:40pm. |
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