Sailing_Faith
11-12-2011, 11:46
Like other shelters in the SNP, the sleeping platform has just been painted and the privy has been replaced with a 'composting' head. They actually left the old privy in place, so there are options for using the facilities.... a nice smelling one or a really foul one if you are so inclined.
One rather interesting decision they made on the new privy was to put a locking hasp on the outside of the door... apparently whoever thought of that has better friends then I have associated with. I suspect someone will spend a night in that privy as it would only take a prankster and a short bit of stick to lock someone in. :D
I was the idiot who drove up from Florida and decided that he would lighten his pack by casting out most of his cold weather gear when he left his truck at Rockfish gap.... when getting up to the shelter at 4pm, I ran into 'Pete' who looked to be toting enough gear for an arctic expedition. He said there was to be some snowfall... and was right.
Got about 8" and while I was ok in my bag, it was tough going back down to the road at 2pm the next day when the snow stopped falling.... after a day or two in Waynesboro to regroup I hiked up to the shelter and again spent the night with 'Lewis and Clark' and a non-speaking through hiker....
Oh, the reason I started this thread was to mention that there is a second spring about .4 miles north of this shelter that several people mentioned in the register over the summer as a more reliable H2o source. Both springs were flowing well when I was there.
One rather interesting decision they made on the new privy was to put a locking hasp on the outside of the door... apparently whoever thought of that has better friends then I have associated with. I suspect someone will spend a night in that privy as it would only take a prankster and a short bit of stick to lock someone in. :D
I was the idiot who drove up from Florida and decided that he would lighten his pack by casting out most of his cold weather gear when he left his truck at Rockfish gap.... when getting up to the shelter at 4pm, I ran into 'Pete' who looked to be toting enough gear for an arctic expedition. He said there was to be some snowfall... and was right.
Got about 8" and while I was ok in my bag, it was tough going back down to the road at 2pm the next day when the snow stopped falling.... after a day or two in Waynesboro to regroup I hiked up to the shelter and again spent the night with 'Lewis and Clark' and a non-speaking through hiker....
Oh, the reason I started this thread was to mention that there is a second spring about .4 miles north of this shelter that several people mentioned in the register over the summer as a more reliable H2o source. Both springs were flowing well when I was there.