Appalachian Trail Hike
April 8 - June 24, 2009
Ridge walking; Tennessee on the left, North Carolina on the right
Section hikers usually have much more gear than thru hikers
Clingmans Dome, at 6,643 feet, is the highest point on the AT
Jim and Barb from New Jersey gave me a ride to Newfound Gap
This surgeon give me a ride into Gatlinburg
Hiker friendly and cheap motel in Gatlinburg
Pack explosion in my room
Moonshine to go
Gatlinburg is a very strange place
A reminder that we are not far from where Deliverance was filmed
Back at Newfound Gap
Quijote, and Curio and Knees, from Milwaukee, getting ready to get back on the trail
Permits required for free speech!?
An extended family of day hikers I met
Day hikers taking unexpected shelter from a storm
Icewater Spring Shelter
The AT
Charlies Bunion
Walking the ridge line
Trail runner out doing a 30-mile day
Thimble and Time Bomb from Minnesota at Pecks Corner Shelter
Shelter choas after the late arrivals moved in during the night
Mile 218
Temperate rain forest
Cosby Knob Shelter
There is a wide range of shelter graffiti along the trail
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