| June 04, 2005 |
| Leaving Sarver
Shelter at 9:10am. Getting a little bit of a late start and it's
going to take 30 minutes to hike back up the AT. This is very
rocky and very steep. One good it looks like the sun is coming
out today so I'll have a chance to dry out some. |
| I've already
have gone through some large boulders this morning, both in the
trail and around the trail. The day is still real hazy, the
fog hasn't lifted so there's no views yet. |
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We are at the climax of Sinking Creek
Mountain. Walking along the ridge top through big boulders.
We stopped at Berry Gap and had lunch. Left there and came
into Niday Shelter. We decided to stay there the night and dry
out sleeping bags and pads and anything else that got wet.
Stayed the night with Spoon Man, Lizard, Spirit, Peter Pan who
tented out and Snot Rag who slept in the shelter. We took a sponge
bathy down by the creek, which was cold, but actually felt pretty
good. |
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NOTE: This the northernmost spot on
the Trail where the route crosses a significant "continental
divide." Waters flowing down the western side of the ridge
drain into Sinking Creek Valley and the Mississippi River to the
Gulf of Mexico. Waters flowing on the opposite side empty into
Craig Creek Valley, the James River, and eventually the Atlantic
Ocean. Between here and mid-Pennsylvania, except for a short
section near Roanoke, the Trail is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. |
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