Day 3
Note - Technical issues with my charger left me without my phone from Monday to Saturday, so I was unable to post here, or do my Bible reading. The problem has been rectified and I’ll resume both tomorrow (Sunday). Likely won’t post every day after this week, as by the end of a full day hiking, little energy is left for anything beyond setting up camp and preparing dinner.
That said, Tuesday we hiked from Gooch Mountain Shelter to a stealth campsite on a mountain overlooking Henry Gap. The climbs today included Ramrock Mountain, through Woody gap, and up to Preacher Rock, on of the iconic views of this part of the Georgia AT. From there we climbed over Big Cedar Mountain (although I don’t think I saw any cedars, big or otherwise).
Stopped just past Lance Creek for the night. 9.7 miles today for a total of 24.8. 2282 feet of climbing, with some very steep inclines. I’ve found that I can maintain a heathy pace on level ground and downhills, but am very slow on the inclines. Unfortunately it seems to be all inclines. Weather today was cool, in the middle 30s but no rain. All in all a pleasant day of hiking. We did meet a mother thru hiking with her 6 year old daughter. Planning on going all the way to Maine. That little girl was marching right along with her little backpack and having no issue climbing those mountains. Very inspirational.
Until next time...
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