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  1. 15 June 2010

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    attroll
    , 06-15-2010 at 18:28 (Troll's 2010 AT Journal)
    15 June 2010, Reeds Gap
    Last night Seabase and myself had the shelter to ourselves and everyone else either tented or hammocked. We both had trouble falling asleep. We could hear noises across the creek in front of the shelter. We kept turning our head lamps on in hopes of seeing something. We never did see anything other than Butterscotch moving around outside his tent doing something. At midnight when I still could not fall asleep I took a sleeping pill.

    I woke up this ...
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  2. 14 June 2010

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    attroll
    , 06-14-2010 at 17:53 (Troll's 2010 AT Journal)
    14 June 2010, Harpers Creek Shelter
    I started this morning at 10 am with Seabase at Fish Hatchery Road parking area. It was a mile walk to get back to the trail head from the parking area. Seabase and I decided to slack pack to the Tye River where Earl from the Dutch Haus met us at 4 pm with our packs. Our original plan was to camp at the Tye River.

    When we got to Spy Rock we decided we want to go to the top to look around, we had to climb it hand over hand to the top. ...
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  3. Preparing for Hike for Hope 2011

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    HikeForHope
    , 06-14-2010 at 08:54
    Ok yesterday we hiked with our framed packs and the baby on our backs. We have our work cut out for us. Orla-5 was "tired" after half a mile. lol
    Oh Lord...we need more time. Atleast we have a year.
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  4. 13 June 2010

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    attroll
    , 06-13-2010 at 17:17 (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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  5. 12 June 2010

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    attroll
    , 06-12-2010 at 16:26 (Troll's 2010 AT Journal)
    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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