Project: High-50

South Carolina: Sassafras Mountain (3,560 feet)


 


NVHC High-50 Summiters Jae Shin Yang, Bill Levendahl, Mike Gingerich, and Mano Malayanur
Date and Time January 14, 2000 10:15 AM
Weather 25-30F, light winds
Conditions Clear and sunny
Trip Report - Mano We drove up from Clemson, SC where we had stayed the night before. Equipped with Mike's laptop with a digitized map and a GPS feed, we never even had to look at a regular map - the GPS was sensitive enough and the map accurate enough to pick out even small curves on the road. We parked on the "lower" lot and walked up the few yards to the summit. There was no obvious marker at the summit itself, just trail directions. Some views were visible from the summit in mid-January. We heard a sound of water trickling, and of course there was no stream around -- this was the state high point. We figured it was the sound of dew melting in the warming sun.

                Mike, Jae Shin, and Bill at the "lower" parking lot

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