Well, I just got another quick call from Tim tonight. He was settling in and getting ready to PASS OUT. He left Blood Mountain this morning and ran into several groups of thru-hikers who were powering forth across the great mountains of Georgia (heh, heh). So, being the manly-man he is, Tim pushed himself hard to follow and keep up with them. Unfortunately, most of those guys are carying bivys (sp) instead of tents, so their packs are prolly several pounds lighter than T’s (which was 50lbs including his water and fuel before he left – and he really did only take the essentials).
He was so exhausted that he couldn’t remember which shelter he was at tonight. He said that it was either Trey Mountain Shelter or Blue Mountain Shelter. I looked them up online and have a strong feeling that he’s probably at the Blue Mountain Shelter since it is 20.2 miles away from Blood Mountain. I gotta say, if he’s at Trey Mountain Shelter I’d be REALLY surprised since it’s approx. 27.1 miles from Blood Mountain. Can people hike that far in one day?? He sounded really wiped out and said he was pushing hard today so maybe they really did make it that far. I doubt it though.
He was worried tonight that he was making such good time that he would be in NC by Thursday and even farther in by Saturday forcing my folks to drive farther to pick him up. Geesh, like they would care. ::rolling eyes:: I told him just to listen to his body and keep going at a pace that felt good to him and not to worry about mom and dad-they would pick him up wherever he ends up on Saturday.
Then I asked him if he felt weird talking on a cell phone all the way out there and he said everyone else at the camp was doing the same thing! haha!! I guess there were about 15 people camping out with him tonight and he said they were all really cool. Then right about that time, his advil kicked in and he started to fall asleep on the phone (we’d only talked for two minutes! I think he was zonked). We agreed to catch up tomorrow. I told him I was blogging his trip and he said to tell all of you “hello!” :)
Again NOT Tim’s picture (don’t worry, he said he’s been taking tons of pictures so we can all live vicariously through him later. ::grin:: )… here’s what the Blue Mtn. Shelter looked like in February (by AT008):
