Astrogirl

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 [...]

17.5 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. [...]

about 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 [...]

4.6 official miles hiked, 5:45-7:45

I hiked in from Swatara Gap, and within 5 minutes on the trail, my feet were soaked due to a bad judgement call. There was a stream with a missing bridge and a rock path across. The rocks had water running over them, but I thought it was only [...]