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Troll's 2010 AT Journal

  1. 07 June 2010

    07 June 2010, Montvale Overlook
    We slack packed south back to Daleville from Montvale Overlook/BRP 95.9.

    Today we were hiking south back into Daleville. The day started out with a continental breakfast at the motel. When the shuttle driver "Del" came to pick us up for our slack pack, Del informed us of the news he heard on the radio this morning. It seems that they found a thru hiker dead of dehydration at Cornelius Creek Shelter in the Blue Ridge Parkway this ...
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  2. 06 June 2010

    06 June 2020, Daleville
    Hopper got up and made her coffee at 6:30 like she does every morning on the trail. I laid in my sleeping bag half a sleep for another 1/2 hour as I usually do while she makes her coffee. Then I got up and had breakfast and packed up. We got on the trail this morning at 7:30. We passed Lamberts Meadow Campsite after 0.3 miles after we left the shelter. This was a beautiful place. I wished we had walked the 0.3 more miles to this place. There were two tents and one ...
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  3. 05 June 2010

    05 June 2020, Lamberts Meadow Shelter
    I went down and had the continental breakfast this morning and then back to the room to pack up. Our shuttle provider Del picked us up at 10 am. We arrived at the trail head at 10:45. Del is a great knowledgeable guy. His shuttle prices are very reasonable. He goes out of his was to help out hikers. He said he thru hiked the trail in 1969.

    When we reach Catawba Mountain Shelter, Peace Pipe, Dwayne and another hiker were there. We ...
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  4. 04 June 2010

    04 June 2010, Daleville
    I woke up in the middle of the night last night to us the bathroom as I usually do and had the same heal pain in my left heal that I have had for almost a month. This time after lying back down it started throbbing and my toes had a numb feeling in them. I picked up my phone and started doing an internet search for an emergency room. There are emergency rooms in the area so I looked for a foot doctor. I found one and called them first thing this morning. I was able ...
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  5. 03 June 2010

    03 June 2010, VA 311/Catawba
    We got started at 9 am this morning. It was not as early as I would have liked it to be.

    Our plans were to stop at the first shelter for a break but when we got to the shelter we realize it was 0.3 off the trail. We took the break at the shelter intersection.

    The climb going up to Dragons Tooth was long and growling. What made it so bad was the humidity. When I got to the top I was surprised to see sand similar to beach sand ...
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