Dave Byrnes' Adventures

Appalachian Trail - 1986
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Day: 051
Date: Sunday, 22 June 1986
Start:  
Finish:  
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:  
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:  
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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