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Tipi Walter
04-29-2013, 18:36
I figured I'd start a thread on backpackers I have seen on the BMT since it was officially opened in the summer of 2005. I have those photos of the Mud Gap BMT Grand Opening too but I have to find them. Anyway, here are some of the folks I have seen in the last several years.

Feel free to add your own.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2006/Meeting-Silverwing-and-Tulip/i-JWgvm8X/0/M/58-31%20%20Tulip%20and%20Silverwing%2C%20two%20B%20Ma c%20thruhikers%20from%20Asheville-M.jpg
Here are some early thruhikers, Tulip and Silverwing. They just got lost on the unmarked (at the time) section where the Stiffknee trail meets Slickrock Creek and turned right instead of turning left (heading north).


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Trip-72/i-C3qWMqb/0/M/Trip%2072%20023-M.jpg
In January 2008 I run into, who else? Sgt Rock on Whiggs Meadow.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Camping-with-Cuffs-and-Eman/i-37JLszn/0/M/Trip%2076%20080-M.jpg
In April 2008 I run into BMT backpackers Cuffs and Eman on Slickrock Creek.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Camping-with-Cuffs-and-Eman/i-PM6khmQ/0/M/Trip%2076%20097-M.jpg
Eman and Cuffs crossing the mighty Slickrock.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Camping-with-Cuffs-and-Eman/i-NXHRWcT/0/M/Trip%2076%20101-M.jpg
We part ways at the Stiffknee jct.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Jeffrey-Hunter-and-the/i-XwVbNCC/0/M/TRIP%2081%20030-M.jpg
Trailworkers rank too and here is Two Speed, Jeffrey Hunter and Tom on Beaverdam Bald heading down to Sled Runner Gap to work on the Brookshire portion of the BMT.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Jeffrey-Hunter-and-the/i-4jfvJZc/0/M/TRIP%2081%20034-M.jpg
Here are the boys in Sled Runner Gap---Generoll, Two Speed, Tom Waters and Jeffrey Hunter.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Jeffrey-Hunter-and-the/i-83Nbk7g/0/M/TRIP%2081%20051-M.jpg
Jeffrey and Tom talk about camping on the Brookshire Creek trail/BMT at a midway campsite.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Backpacking-with-Bob-Ruby-and/i-Kr2CMxp/0/M/Trip%2082%20112-M.jpg
A crew from the GATC come in to hike the BMT Brookshire portion in September 2008.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Backpacking-with-Bob-Ruby-and/i-LCsbtbW/0/M/Trip%2082%20106-M.jpg
The GATC crew climbing up the BMT on the Brookshire Creek trail.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/Backpacking-with-Bob-Ruby-and/i-nVdj7Zr/0/M/Trip%2082%20119-M.jpg
Another shot of the GATC crew somewhere on the BMT near the Brookshire Creek crossing.

MORE TO COME

Tipi Walter
04-29-2013, 18:40
http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2008/With-Little-Mitten-to-Whiggs/i-PqhHHwc/0/M/Trip%2088%20032-M.jpg
In December 2008 I run into BMT thruhiker Trickster on top of Whiggs Meadow. I think she did the whole thing.

10-K
04-29-2013, 20:52
Dang Slickrock creek is low in that picture.....

Tipi Walter
04-30-2013, 05:56
Here are some more folks on the B Mac---

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2009/With-the-Chattanooga-Hiking/i-MzHTRQx/0/M/TRIP%2094%20041-M.jpg
Here is Kurt Emmanule (left) and the Chattanooga Hiking Club in Sled Runner Gap for a 5 day trip on the BMT.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2009/With-the-Chattanooga-Hiking/i-zjjGfps/0/M/TRIP%2094%20019-M.jpg
Here is Kurt crossing the Uppermost part of Bald River on the Sugar Mt section of the BMT.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2009/With-the-Chattanooga-Hiking/i-DFRzvW4/0/M/TRIP%2094%20043-M.jpg
Here are the boys near the top of Hazelnut Knob and Moss Gap on the State Line Ridge portion of the BMT.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2009/With-the-Chattanooga-Hiking/i-6cFmPpB/0/M/TRIP%2094%20045-M.jpg
We make it to Sandy Gap for a break. The B Mac goes up and straight to 6 Mile Gap.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Five-Miles-of-Living-Hell-on/i-PcXpdLb/0/M/TRIP%20107%20066-M.jpg
In 2010 I run into Sgt Rock and his son on the Ike Branch part of the trail in a place I call Wild Bird Camp.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Five-Miles-of-Living-Hell-on/i-j4SdSN3/0/M/TRIP%20107%20068-M.jpg
They make it into the little gap on Ike Branch and take a break.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Six-Days-with-Little-Mitten-on/i-Gqk3djF/0/M/TRIP%20108%20295-M.jpg
Also in 2010 I run into this BMT thruhiker named Shwartz near Cold Spring Gap in the Citico wilderness.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Six-Days-with-Little-Mitten-on/i-ZrCCwrP/0/M/TRIP%20108%20297-M.jpg
Shwartz hiking the Beech Gap section of the trail.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Six-Days-with-Little-Mitten-on/i-skpF3zQ/0/M/TRIP%20108%20300-M.jpg
Shwartz in Unicoi Crest at Beech Gap taking a break on his way south.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Thru-Hikers-on-the-Benton/i-kmxgrF2/0/M/TRIP%20109%20024-M.jpg
Later in 2010 I run into thruhiker Superman (and Whiteblaze member). This is near Cherry Log Gap.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Thru-Hikers-on-the-Benton/i-bBcjk5C/0/M/TRIP%20109%20041-M.jpg
On the same trip I run into Regina Reiter who has thruhiked the BMT 4 times. Here she is near Birch Creek on the BMT Connector between Trail 149 and Cherry Log Gap.

Tipi Walter
04-30-2013, 06:07
http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Thru-Hikers-on-the-Benton/i-twx4JpS/0/M/TRIP%20109%20080-M.jpg
And also in 2010 I run into this woman thruhiker climbing on the Sycamore Creek trail to Whiggs Meadow and her trailname is Tru? Trudy? True??


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2012/With-Sgt-Rock-and-the-Hammock/i-kRrL9Vg/0/M/TRIP%20135%20066-M.jpg
And then Sgt Rock has a hammock hang on Slickrock Creek on the BMT and here is Ewker and Medicine Man, etc.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/18-Days-in-the-Big-Frog/i-3vhQT9V/0/M/TRIP%20141%20038-M.jpg
And then of course there is German Tourist who is pulling an intricate AT/BMT/Pinhoti route and here she is on Fork Ridge trail climbing up to Big Frog Mt on the B Mac.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2012/Tipi-Walter-Big-Frog/i-6zCkKq5/0/M/TRIP%20134%20041-M.jpg
I run into these 2 BMT thruhikers Boots and One Liner near Sled Runner Gap on the Brookshire Creek trail.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-QcLh6JV/0/M/TRIP%20115%20009-M.jpg
And then I run into these 2 thruhikers near Beech Gap and heading north towards Farr Gap, etc. They are Jim and John.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-Q7JvkBB/0/M/TRIP%20115%20209-M.jpg
Along Slickrock Creek section of the BMT I run into Smack and Squirrel thruhiking south.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-9hZPm58/0/M/TRIP%20115%20212-M.jpg
Smack and Squirrel preparing to cross a very low Slickrock Creek.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-GnWNdTX/0/M/TRIP%20115%20208-M.jpg
Whiteblaze member Bearpaw is finishing his BMT section hikes and doing the Slickrock Creek part.

SGT Rock
04-30-2013, 06:20
Good times.

Ewker
04-30-2013, 09:36
the woman in the pic with me and Medicine man is Hamhocker

Tipi Walter
04-30-2013, 15:13
the woman in the pic with me and Medicine man is Hamhocker

Thanks for the info.

MuddyWaters
05-04-2013, 18:07
http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-GnWNdTX/0/M/TRIP%20115%20208-M.jpg[/IMG]
Whiteblaze member Bearpaw is finishing his BMT section hikes and doing the Slickrock Creek part.

Thats the worst food hang I can recall seeing!

MuddyWaters
05-04-2013, 18:09
http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-GnWNdTX/0/M/TRIP%20115%20208-M.jpg
Whiteblaze member Bearpaw is finishing his BMT section hikes and doing the Slickrock Creek part.

Thats the worst food hang I can recall seeing!

Tipi Walter
05-05-2013, 09:18
Thats the worst food hang I can recall seeing!

You're right, I usually sleep with it in the tent vestibule.

Train Wreck
05-05-2013, 09:40
Thats the worst food hang I can recall seeing!

It's bear bagging meant to thwart those pesky teddy bears :D

Tipi Walter
05-05-2013, 12:12
It's bear bagging meant to thwart those pesky teddy bears :D

They can be vicious. Bearpaw knows this for sure. I caught this one going thru all my food bags and actually ADDING acorns to my peanut bag and then it started raining and he got wet but stayed in the tent vestibule with me after clawing a trench around the tent to aid in drainage and doing a few backflips into a nearby water hole.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Five-Miles-of-Living-Hell-on/i-TmHfHWf/0/L/TRIP%20107%20180-L.jpg

Train Wreck
05-05-2013, 14:40
They can be vicious. Bearpaw knows this for sure. I caught this one going thru all my food bags and actually ADDING acorns to my peanut bag and then it started raining and he got wet but stayed in the tent vestibule with me after clawing a trench around the tent to aid in drainage and doing a few backflips into a nearby water hole.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/Five-Miles-of-Living-Hell-on/i-TmHfHWf/0/L/TRIP%20107%20180-L.jpg

That is indeed a bad news bear!

Tipi Walter
06-14-2013, 13:44
FACES ON THE BMT

Here are some more from the trip archives.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2012/Tipi-Walter-Big-Frog/i-wG8vpkN/0/M/TRIP%20134%20381-M.jpg
No discussion of the BMT is complete without pics of Bill and Diana Ristom, here shown on Big Frog Mt.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-n4nXtC8/0/M/TRIP%20115%20261-M.jpg
Several years ago members of BMTA did a 7 or 8 hike of the BMT and this shows Regina Reiter and Rick Harris and others coming up the steep Ike Branch section going south.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-6jpMS65/0/M/TRIP%20115%20276-M.jpg
Sgt Rock joins us around the Stiffknee part of the trail.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-dWzWrBn/0/M/TRIP%20115%20313-M.jpg
The group climbs Stiffknee and takes a break at Farr Gap on the B Mac.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-vFh5RGf/0/M/TRIP%20115%20368-M.jpg
The group makes it to Cold Spring Gap by Beech Gap and celebrates.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-HS2rfk7/0/M/TRIP%20115%20391-M.jpg
The group makes it to 5,000 feet at Whiggs Meadow.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2010/23-Days-with-Hootyhoo-Sgt-Rock/i-zNzZJ5N/0/M/TRIP%20115%20593-M.jpg
BMT backpackers pose on the Brookshire trail heading up to Sled Runner Gap and State Line Ridge on their way to Unicoi Gap.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/18-Days-in-the-Big-Frog/i-MJ234Wq/0/M/TRIP%20141%20327-M.jpg
A couple years later I run into Regina Reiter on the West Fork of Rough Creek pulling her 4th thruhike of the BMT with her friend Jonathan.

Gonecampn
10-12-2013, 22:41
Great photos!

HikerMom58
04-10-2014, 11:22
Good to see pics of SGT. Rock, Ewker and Superman... I recognize their names but I don't know them at all.

Abatis1948
04-10-2014, 11:51
It is good to see all these great pictures. I now have a face to go with some of the names on WB. Tipi, don't let this go to your head, but I think you should be in the Hiker Hall of Fame (if there is one). Maybe White Blaze can come up with something to recognize you and other hikers.

Tipi Walter
04-10-2014, 15:31
It is good to see all these great pictures. I now have a face to go with some of the names on WB.

Glad to see this thread resurrected. Here are a few more in my collection---

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2011/MSR-Fury-Ten-Tipi-Walter/i-4s3zhm5/0/M/tj12009_050911_064217_608821-M.jpg
This pic is from Bama's trail journal of her BMT thruhike April 2011 thruhike with "65". She brought Sgt Rock's guide and wanted me to pose with it.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2011/MSR-Fury-Ten-Tipi-Walter/i-sMMPvcW/0/M/TRIP%20121%20071-M.jpg
Here's my pic of Bama and "65" near Sled Runner Gap on the Brookshire Creek trail of the BMT.

http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/Tipi-Walter-Slickrock-Creek/i-8VF86jJ/0/M/TRIP%20144%20384-M.jpg
Here's Bob Butterfield from Alabama backpacking the Fodderstack Ridge section of the BMT near Crowder Branch jct.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/18-Days-in-the-Cohutta/i-pm9jknn/0/M/TRIP%20142%20496-M.jpg
Bob Butterfield, Patman and Kellie on the BMT atop Big Frog Mountain.


http://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpacking2013-1/18-Days-in-the-Cohutta/i-hc5nRQm/0/M/TRIP%20142%20514-M.jpg
A group of backpackers crossing the West Fork of Rough Creek on the BMT in the Big Frog wilderness.

Ed'n Lauky
04-10-2014, 22:32
Last fall we did the AT from Amicalola Falls to Fontana. We then went back and did the BMT from the Falls to Twenty Mile. We just did the new extension from Tapoca to Walker Gap. That completes our "short" loop. Since we're not allowed in the Smokies that will have to do for now. We may head on up north of the Smokies this summer, we'll see.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc14/Boondeck/IMG_5526_zps3a901f08.jpg (http://s219.photobucket.com/user/Boondeck/media/IMG_5526_zps3a901f08.jpg.html)

Tipi Walter
04-10-2014, 22:50
Last fall we did the AT from Amicalola Falls to Fontana. We then went back and did the BMT from the Falls to Twenty Mile. We just did the new extension from Tapoca to Walker Gap. That completes our "short" loop. Since we're not allowed in the Smokies that will have to do for now. We may head on up north of the Smokies this summer, we'll see.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc14/Boondeck/IMG_5526_zps3a901f08.jpg (http://s219.photobucket.com/user/Boondeck/media/IMG_5526_zps3a901f08.jpg.html)

Yeah, I had a backpacking dog for 15 years and so we never ventured into the Smokies either. That's a wonderful dog you've got. I'm waiting for June to pull my next Yellow Creek Mountain trail hike.

liteweight
04-12-2014, 22:32
Thats the worst food hang I can recall seeing!

Whatever happened to Bearpaw? He used to post trip reports pretty regularly but haven't seen anything in a long time?

SGT Rock
04-13-2014, 14:35
Working, like a lot of us.

Tipi Walter
05-31-2018, 10:02
Okay, it's time to update my Faces Seen on the BMT thread---

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2014-Trips-152/21-Days-Yellow-Mt/i-Skj9mdj/0/7a73febd/L/Trip%20156%20330-L.jpg
This would be Mother Teresa, Momma Goose and Jet Lag on the BMT near Hangover Mt in NC.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2015-Trips-161/Trip-163-in-March/i-LrfVNM5/0/2d80f571/L/TRIP%20163%20310-L.jpg
Here is Sgt Rock and Hog on Ice on the new reroute of the BMT over Bob Bald.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2015-Trips-161/18-Days-with-Amy/i-v9LxmJ7/0/b7247bc6/L/TRIP%20164%20433-L.jpg
This is Hikerboy pulling his thruhike and we meet on Haoe Peak near Hangover Mt.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2017-Trips-79/19-Day-Quest-To-Scorch-Mountain/i-F65dhQD/0/d78addab/L/TRIP%20181%20%28472%29-L.jpg
Another thruhiker---named Way Finder---heading down to Cold Spring Gap.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2017-Trips-79/18-Days-in-the-Emerald-Thicket/i-mGTxqVx/0/930684a1/L/Trip%20183%20%28272%29-L.jpg
BMT backpackers Bob and Cathy above Big Fat Gap in Elysium Fields.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2017-Trips-79/21-Day-Quest-for-Citico-Creek/i-S8cCQvd/0/9a9e14b1/L/Trip%20186%20%28148%29-L.jpg
I meet these BMT thruhikers on the Nichols Cove trail and heading to Yellowhammer Gap and Tapoco Lodge. They are Cruise Control and Roll Around.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2017-Trips-79/17-Day-Quest-for-a-White-Christmas/i-b83pPhC/0/16cd8f3c/L/Trip%20187%20%28175%29-L.jpg
The first backpacker I see after 10 days on the trail is Josh, pulling a BMT section hike and coming off Hangover Mt.

Tipi Walter
05-31-2018, 10:08
Wrap it up with these recent BMT hikers---

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2018-Trips-188-/20-Days-on-Seven-Mile-Ridge/i-55Cx7QH/0/487eb8f7/L/Trip%20188%20%281%29-L.jpg
I run into Caribou pulling a January 2018 thruhike as he pulls thru Cold Spring Gap.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2018-Trips-188-/20-Days-on-Seven-Mile-Ridge/i-845bHbn/0/9b12c0ae/L/Trip%20188%20%2827%29-L.jpg
Greenleaf and Apple Pie are pulling a cold thruhike and pass by my camp and tell me it's 10F.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2018-Trips-188-/20-Day-Quest-for-Wildcat-Creek/i-tzkggCf/0/fbd10a2e/L/Trip%20190%20%2893%29-L.jpg
On my last trip I'm backpacking State Line Ridge between Sandy Gap and Sled Runner Gap and run into BMT thruhiker Tim aka Barnacle.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2018-Trips-188-/20-Day-Quest-for-Wildcat-Creek/i-qNLS8Z9/0/e1aa9b4a/L/Trip%20190%20%28288%29-L.jpg
Near Six Mile Gap on the BMT I run into these section hikers, Monarch and Food Bank.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2018-Trips-188-/20-Day-Quest-for-Wildcat-Creek/i-RRjq5jZ/0/90ca5eec/L/Trip%20190%20%28335%29-L.jpg
Finally, on Cantrell Mt I run into these 11 BMT section hikers pulling a 50 mile section from Mud Gap to Childers Creek---and all from a summer camp in Ohio.

TNhiker
05-31-2018, 10:09
and since the post before this last one is from Sgt. Rock-----where has he been lately?

hope all is well with him...

Tipi Walter
05-31-2018, 10:21
Last I heard he remarried and spends alot of time riding his Harley . . . but I could be wrong.

Tipi Walter
05-26-2019, 10:32
Okay, I have a few more backpacking pics to add to my Faces On The BMT---

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2019-Trips-195-/24-Day-Expedition-to-Wildcat-Creek/i-qc5FvvN/0/d7090af7/XL/Trip%20196%20%28245%29-XL.jpg
This is Plug It In---I saw him just south of Cold Spring Gap and he's pulling 20-23 mile days.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2019-Trips-195-/24-Day-Expedition-to-Wildcat-Creek/i-3qMG95f/0/94f342c6/XL/Trip%20196%20%28252%29-XL.jpg
This is BMT section hiker Sean coming off Whiggs Meadow. I see him right after seeing Plug It In.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2019-Trips-195-/24-Day-Expedition-to-Wildcat-Creek/i-L8Ck8TH/0/11449a02/XL/Trip%20196%20%28261%29-XL.jpg
The third BMT thruhiker I see (on the same day!) is U-Turn who's pulling the Pinhoti north from Alabama and hooking onto the BMT. This is also near Whiggs Meadow.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2019-Trips-195-/Cohutta-Expedition/i-2PM4NjP/0/02471b4d/XL/Trip%20197%20%28388%29-XL.jpg
And finally in May 2019 I see these BMT thruhikers---Root Boy and Fiddlehead.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 12:54
It's time to update this BMT thread---

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Brad Gibson BMT Thru Hiker in July 2020 in Cold Spring Gap.

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Brad reassessing his hike after a bout of food poisoning.

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Brad packing up in Cold Spring Gap.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 12:56
49413
Tango, a BMT section hiker I meet on Whiggs Meadow in September 2020.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 12:58
49414
Prince Ali in Yellowhammer Gap above Tapoco Lodge in May 2021.

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Gumby with Prince Ali.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 12:59
49416
Tom Tom, BMT Thru Hiker below Hangover Mt on BMT in May 2021.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 13:01
49417
Jeff and Joe in Sled Runner Gap in June 2021---thruhiking the B Mac.

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Hanging out by Brookshire Creek near Sled Runner Gap, midway point of BMT.

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Jeff arranging his pack.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 13:03
49420
Angela Morgan and friend in Naked Ground Gap in December 2021---BMT section hikers.

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Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 13:04
49422
Tick Tock and Cookie heading up to Whiggs Meadow on BMT thruhike and pulling 22 mile days. May 2022.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 13:05
49423
Olga and Blueberry at Fish Hatchery on southbound thruhike.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 13:07
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Jared "Beast" having a rough day on State Line Ridge, May 2022.

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Calling his wife for "rescue" on Tellico River by fish hatchery.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 13:08
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BMT thruhiker Spitfire in Sled Runner Gap, May 2022.

Tipi Walter
06-12-2022, 13:09
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And finally, Dad Bod and Aly in Six Mile Gap, May 2022.

Tipi Walter
01-31-2023, 16:44
Update as of December 2022---

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Meg and Madison in Cold Spring Gap on the BMT.

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Oats leaving Bob Bald in a group of 5 B Mackers.

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Momma Bear near Bob Bald.

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Zig Zag leaving Naked Ground Gap.

Tipi Walter
08-22-2023, 09:53
Here's some latest pics of backpackers I've seen on the Benton MacKaye trail.

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Chris on the BMT climbing up to Big Frog Mt.

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Corey and Jeff on the BMT on West Fork Creek near Thunder Rock campground.

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Gordon's group on the BMT in Cold Spring Gap.

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Jared and friend on the BMT in Big Fat Gap above Slickrock Creek.

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BMT thruhiker Spice Cake---also doing the Pinhoti trail at the same time.

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Rob Bush and friends on Bob Bald which the BMT crosses over.