Papa Bear
04-17-2003, 15:42
For Christmas I got a copy of Walking with Spring, Earl Shaffer's acount of his first ever thru-hike done in 1948.
In it he tells of hiking over the "Pinnacles of the Dan" which he considered one of the most rugged sections on the entire trail. I would guess from his description it's several days hiking north of Damascus, VA. He also tells a fun story about how it came to be on the original AT route (which I will not repeat here - read the book!)
The trail over the Pinnacles has long since been relocated far to the west, but I have a "yen" to hike it when I go through that section.
Does anyone know precisely where it is and if there is a reasonable blue blaze trail that will take me there.
Thanks
Pb
In it he tells of hiking over the "Pinnacles of the Dan" which he considered one of the most rugged sections on the entire trail. I would guess from his description it's several days hiking north of Damascus, VA. He also tells a fun story about how it came to be on the original AT route (which I will not repeat here - read the book!)
The trail over the Pinnacles has long since been relocated far to the west, but I have a "yen" to hike it when I go through that section.
Does anyone know precisely where it is and if there is a reasonable blue blaze trail that will take me there.
Thanks
Pb