Troll's 2010 AT Journal

02 June 2010, Pearisburg
I woke up this morning and just did not feel like doing any hiking. I had a few things to get done in town anyways. I had to make a Wal-Mart run to get some bug repellent, food, iPod carrying case. While I was there I picked up a toy to place on Ottie Cline Powell monument when I pass through. It is a tradition to place a very small toy on the monument. I don’t know who started doing this but there always seems to be toys left on it.

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01 June 2020, Trout Creek/VA 620
When we got to VA 630 Patches and Denver were waiting for their shuttle to go to Troutville for a post office which our shuttle provider was doing. We walked the trail about 0.2 and ran into everyone else that Patches and Denver were hiking with and some others at a campsite, Rocky, Grizzly, SK’Rabbit(I think), Pebbles, Rainbow, and Stick Shift. We stopped a socialized for a short period and moved on for a little bit until we reached the Keffer Oak. The ...

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31 May 2010, Sinking Creek Valley/VA 42
The rain subsided enough to stop the water from coming in. Last night Popcorn was talking very loud in his sleep. I could hear him every time I woke up or got out of the tent to us the bathroom. I did not sleep to well because of several factors, the rain coming through the tarp, bugs biting me in the night. I also had to worry about water coming under the tarp. I made it through the night last night without getting wet.

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30 May 2010, Camping
We got up and got out of the shelter this morning, around eight. We got to the Captain's zip line about nine. I was unsure how to use the zip line across the creek work. The Captain came and showed us how to use it. Once we went across on the zip line I saw many other thru hikers I knew, Pepper, Chili, Bismarck, Lift and Step, Indigo, Parachute, Chef, Grizzly, Denver, Tiger Woods, Patches, Wildflower, Logos, Earthling, Popcorn, Puma, Cbass, Motorboat, and more. ...

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29 May 2010, Pine Swamp Shelter
What a great day. The terrain was very easy. The only thing that held me back from putting in the miles to make it to the hiker feed was Hopper. She was not able to stay with me most of the day. I was constantly waiting for her on and off throughout the day. When we reach the side trail to Allegheny Trail I waited for Hopper. She arrived and said she was out of water and was really worried about dehydration. I was out of water too but I was doing fine. We ...

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