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7/11/1999 ~ Delaware Water Gap (13.8 miles hiked)
Cumulative Miles this leg:  76.5
Cumulative AT Miles:  240.2

Whew! Hard day of rocks, but it was nice to have a partner in crime to commisserate with.

We were both pretty wiped out from the rocks today. There was a road walk of 2-2.5 miles (woods road, no traffic), and the [...]

7/10/1999 ~ Wind Gap, PA

My fortunes have improved a bit. Mule, Whittler, Trotter, Walking Home and Stitches were also unable to get a shuttle to Wind Gap, so they rented a car this morning. I crammed into a Dodge Neon with Mule, Whittler and 7 packs, but I’m now here doing laundry. I also got [...]

7/9/1999 ~ Palmerton, PA (13.3 miles hiked)

Today was a really tough 13 miles for me. PA really pushes the term ‘trail’ to it’s limit. When I saw the knife edge, I laughed out loud at the absurdity of what I was about to do. I did it though (though I had to climb down a [...]

7/8/1999 ~ Blue Mountain B&B (12 miles hiked)

For 12 crummy miles, it sure opened a can of whoopass on me.

The 1000 foot climb that started my day was much easier than what followed. The rocks may be ‘flat’, but the care that must be taken hiking on them is very tiring. Also, the section from [...]

7/7/1999 ~ Eckville Shelter (9.5 miles hiked)

Eckville Shelter is behind Lazee’s house and has a shower and a flush toilet! I believe he’s a former thruhiker, judging by that name. He also keeps sodas and ice cream sandwiches in the fridge on the porch for donations. The attractiveness of all this helped me quit here [...]

7/6/1999 ~ Windsor Furnace Shelter (6.2m hiked)

It was incredibly hot today. I hiked from 8:30-12:30 and stopped right here. Tomorrow I have no ambitions beyond Eckville Shelter 9.3 miles away. The predictions for today were 102′ with a heat index of 115′. I know at least 2 hikers that passed by here heading for Eckville. [...]

5/10/2002 ~ Sharp Mtn, Lunchabout 5 miles hiked 9-11:30am

I completely forgot about something in my earlier entry: there was helicopter traffic for hours at the shelter. It is near a Military Reservation, and I also heard one jet take off. It didn’t seem to bother anyone else, as I heard no fidgeting but me. There [...]

May 12, 200217.5 miles hiked today, 9-5:45

I guess I did 17.5 miles today, but id didn’t seem like quite that much. The climbs here are mercifully short. I did stumble over many a rock today, bruising myself and abrading my shin at one point, but I will have no problems getting into Duncannon tomorrow afternoon. [...]

May 13, 2002
11.8 miles hiked, 9:15 – 3:00

Between Peter’s Mtn Shelter and Clark’s Ferry Shelter, the terrain is quite benign. For about one mile after Clark’s Ferry, there are classic PA rocks. The trail was planned quite well around them, but I do hate going up and down and up and down when I’m supposed [...]