Dennis Cove Road, Kincorra

4 May 2005, Wednesday ~ 17.6 miles

Great place. Didn’t write a damn thing while I was there. I had steak and salad for dinner, which was perfect.


Campsite near Mountaineer Falls

3 May 2005, Tuesday ~ 17.1 miles

It was unbelievably cold at Overmountain Shelter. It would have ben anywhere though. There were frost heaves all the way up Hump Mountain. It was a fabulous bald and I took a little movie because the 360′ view demanded it. A TN guy named Prometheus [...]

Overmountain Shelter

2 May 2005, Monday ~ 14.5 miles

Roan was not the million dollar view I expected, but there were some great views from the knob South of Ash Gap and from Little Rock Knob.

Tehre are at least a dozen people here. Let’s see…Swift, KTR, Thrifty, Moonpie, Mother, Ribeye, Sensei, Bravo, Peanut, Six Piece…I’m sure there’s [...]

Greasy Creek Gap

1 May 2005, Sunday ~ 14.5 miles

Today was a roller coaster and it really felt more like 16 or 17. I’m beyond where I wanted to be tonight anyway, so it’s ok that it’s under 15, I guess. Also, the tarp is still wet, and it will freeze tonight for sure. I’ll [...]

Erwin, TN to Indian Grave Gap

30 April 2005, Saturday ~ 8.8 miles

Camped in kind of a crappy spot, but it’s raining and it was 7:30pm when I stopped. I just didn’t want to push my luck. Setting up the tarp in the rain is a bitch and in the dark also a bitch, so both. I’ve also [...]