Day: |
051 |
Date: |
Sunday, 22 June 1986 |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
24.8 |
Daily Other Miles |
0.2 (shelter) |
Total
AT Miles: |
982.4 |
Total All Miles |
1012.8 |
Weather: |
Hot, humid, sunny. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink. Lunch:
Biscuits and peanut butter, health bar. Dinner: Egg and bacon
pie, fruit salad, muffins. |
Aches: |
Right little toe and sole of right foot
sore. |
Animals Seen: |
Tortoises, snake, deer, squirrels,
chipmunks. |
People Seen: |
2 AT Thru-hikers (GEOKA), 6 overnight
hikers, 2 day hikers, many others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 5:45am and was on the Trail by
7am. I had said I would meet the Binnings 24½ miles up the Trail by
5pm but, as Uncle Al had warned me, the early going was hard. New
Trail with lots of rocks, turns, abrupt rises and descents, and
bramble overgrowth that scratched up my legs. Just before lunch I
caught George and Karin again – they had passed while I was I was in
Front Royal. We talked for a while and I managed to point out to
them that Harpers Ferry was further away than they anticipated. I
left them and hiked another 3 miles to a sand spring and had
lunch. They caught me again and I wasted another half hour
talking. Despite rumours to the contrary, the going was still hard
for the next 4 miles and it became evident that I was going to be
late for my appointment even though I was taking fewer breaks. Some
sore spots on my right foot (little toe and sole) also were slowing
me down. I reached my destination, Keyes Gap Shelter, at 5:45pm to
find an old alcoholic tramp in residence and the Binnings gone (but
expected to return). I tended my feet and 20 minutes later they
appeared. I decided to go down to their car for our picnic, which
we did, and spent a pleasant few hours chatting. I decided that,
rather than stay with the tramp, I would hike another mile or so and
sleep in my tent. This I did, and stopped at 8:15pm, washed, got
into bed at 9pm, and updated my diary until 9:30pm before going to
sleep. |
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