Camping at blood mountain 2012 thru'ers

[seasparrow]

Hey y'all who's camping at the Blood mountain shelter with me.looks like i will be having a Bear-vault. And Tripwire,Bells,motion censor cameras,bear mace,and my shot gun. Blood mountain shelter is on my hit list for camping . If all goes as planned i will be there on April 9th.BTW i snore like a chain saw so beware! Bring plugs .I has these.

[FatMan]

I'd be more concerned with the mice than bears.

[Razor]

And be prepared for a wet moist concrete floor . Although it is a historical shelter,it is not a fun one to stay at>

[Lone Wolf]

And be prepared for a wet moist concrete floor . Although it is a historical shelter,it is not a fun one to stay at>

might as well continue on to neel gap and stay at the crowded, stinky hostel

[max patch]

I'd be more concerned with the mice than bears.

I'd be more concerned with the skunks than the mice.

[Lone Wolf]

I'd be more concerned with the skunks than the mice.

i don't think fatman has ever stayed there. the first and last time i stayed in there, 1986, the skunks were everywhere. a dozen or more all nite long

[Mike2012]

might as well continue on to neel gap and stay at the crowded, stinky hostel

The smart ones tent nearby instead. By the way it is DRY between Neels Gap and the next Gap and then between there and Low Gap so tank up at Neels and then again at the Gap between Neels and Low. I'm slacking 17 from Hiawassee today.

[seasparrow]

Standing Indian Shelter? great thanks for the advice on Dry ,i hope to enjoy some suds soon.

[pdcolelli42]

Could be wrong but the way I read that was as follows. Get water at neels gap, then there is no water till whitley gap shelter where there is, then no water till you get to low gap shelter where there is water? Yes or no?

[Lone Wolf]

Could be wrong but the way I read that was as follows. Get water at neels gap, then there is no water till whitley gap shelter where there is, then no water till you get to low gap shelter where there is water? Yes or no?

i know of 3 springs, 4 counting whitley, between neel gap and hogpen gap

[pdcolelli42]

I'm just going by the guide book, I've never hiked that part of the trail.

Read and try to decipher this though:

By the way it is DRY between Neels Gap and the next Gap and then between there and Low Gap

There's also multiple gaps in between these points. I don't fully understand what the poster meant, that's just my take of what he may have been trying to say.

If you know can you please tell me?

[Lone Wolf]

I'm just going by the guide book, I've never hiked that part of the trail.

Read and try to decipher this though:

There's also multiple gaps in between these points. I don't fully understand what the poster meant, that's just my take of what he may have been trying to say.

If you know can you please tell me?

he's pretty much saying there's no water between neel gap and low gap shelter, 11 miles, which is not true

[pdcolelli42]

Ok, sounds good to me. Maybe what you mean is that since they're springs water can be found if you look hard enough?

[CrumbSnatcher]

water at bull gap is only 0.1 off the trail, if that.
easy to find