An online log of backpacking on the Appalachain Trail with musician/writer Lawrence App. Includes photos, video, descriptive and inspirational text from his hikes in Fall 2008-09/2011-13 from Springer Mtn., GA to Hanover, NH PLUS new material from Fall 2014. Picking up in the Whites of NH and heading north...
Friday, November 14, 2008
The Last Day, Big Bald Shelter, Nov 13
Sure enough, my last day started off in a rainstorm on top of Big Bald. I shared the shelter with Dr. Pepper and 4 other thru-hikers. The difference between thru-hikers and weekenders is amazing. When hiking is your business, it cuts out a lot of the unecessary crap at the shelters: gear stowed, camp clean (no food), quiet early. And even though there's a lot of joking around, these guys are serious hikers. At 17 miles a day, I'm just a lightweight. One hiker, "G-Man" works as a geologist at the South Pole (for real, Antarctica) and has hiked the AT, PCT, CDT and other shorter trails multiple times. I want his job :)
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