Troll's 2010 AT Journal

13 June 2010, Fish Hatchery Road
Two hikers came in after dark last night. They were Flag and MacGyver, they were not too bad getting settled in.

Christian left the shelter at 6:00 this morning. I left at 7:30. There was still fog throughout the woods this morning from the rain we received last night. I had problems keeping my glasses from fogging up. With the rain from last night it made the morning very humid. The climb up Bald Mountain this morning was a real butt ...

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12 June 2010, Brown Mountain Creek Shelter
Ken dropped me off at 7:15 this morning at the James River Foot Bridge parking lot and then he continued on to bring Hopper to Waynesboro.

The climb up Bluff Mountain was miserable this morning, it was very humid. It seemed like it took me forever to get to the top.

I stopped at the Ottie Cline Powell monument and took some photos and placed the hot wheels car I had bought onto the monument. I had a snack and ...

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11 June 2010, James River/US 501
This was the last day of slack packing for a while for me. There are two more mountains I would rather hike southbound over within the next week, I will not get the opportunity to do this.

We got dropped off at BRP 76.3 at 9:45 and headed north. Thunder Hill Shelter was only 0.5 from the road. When we arrived at the shelter we took a quick break and talked to G-Hippy and Not Yet. Also there was Playboy, Rocky, Fox, and Hazard. After leaving ...

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10 June 2010, BRP 76.3
Ken was at the campground at 7 am this morning. I walked over to his car and made sure I had told him 8 am. He said yes, he is usually an hour early. He told us to take our time; we did not make him wait too long.

We walked under The Guillotine today. It is a large rock stuck in between two rocks that you have to walk through and under, hence the name guillotine. While at the guillotine we met a couple from Vermont.

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09 June 2010, Jennings Creek
We had the continental breakfast and bought a newspaper to find out more about the hiker who died last Friday. The hikes trail name was Island Boy and was only out for three months. He left Daleville a couple of days before he was found. The paper said he died of natural causes. I had not met the guy and am glad I didn't in a way. If I had met him or known him it would have bothered me more than it does. I wished he had not passed and I am sorry for his family ...

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