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Seven days before I make the 5-1/2 hour drive to Amicalola State Park and eight days before I start marching up the Approach Trail to the top of Springer Mountain, I have a non-trivial cold.

Dang it. I maybe get a cold once a year and it's usually not a big deal. But this particular cold is moving in slow motion and seems like it wants to hang around longer than the usual 2 or 3 days. So, there's the risk I won't be at one hundred percent when I start. On top of that, I have last minute things to wrap up with clients and I need all my hours between now and departure to get them settled.

I have chosen to give up my daily 6AM six mile walks with my full pack, but I'm not willing to give up much more. I've got to finish my billable hours, box up a few mail drops (luckily, only about 3 to 5), and so on.

No doubt, I will start as planned, but here's hoping that I'm 100% at that time.

-- Hat, 2012 NOBO AT