Bear Chews Tent: 20 Days in TN Mountains

[Tipi Walter]

This trip happens in October/November 2023 and starts at Beech Gap on the TN/NC state line. Here's the route---

**Beech Gap to Bob Bald and Hangover Mt.
**Backtrack from Hangover Mt to Bob Bald.
**Trail 54A (N) to Barrel Gap and Trail 149.
**Lost on Brush Mt Trail and return to 149.

**149 South to Cold Spring Gap.
**South Fork Trail Down to Citico Creek and out to Indian Boundary Lake.

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I arrive at Beech Gap on the BMT with my heavy McHale pack.

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Little Mitten shuttles me up the mountain. We leave home at 70F and it's 40F in the gap. Cold!

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I reach the top of Bob Mt and air out my WM Puma sleeping bag after two days of rain even tho we're in a drought.

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I leave Bob Bald and head east to Naked Ground Gap and get water from NG spring which has alot of water but it's all in a mud pit. This is where a pump filter comes in real handy.

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While in Naked Ground I meet friendly Nurse Bobby out of Columbia, Georgia.

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Nurse Bobby decides to follow me up to Haoe Peak as I make my way to Hangover Mt.

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I reach Hangover Mt---best view in the Southeast---and meet John Quillen and Patrick out for their annual October gathering.