Here is a plan to connect the 36 miles of trails from Arkaqhah to AT to Coosa Backcountry Trail into a loop. Might need about 10 - 15 miles of trailblazing and road walking. The video is a 3D Aerial of a portion of the route from Arkaqhah parking to Hwy 19/129 near Beasley Knob. YouTube - Arkaqhah-Coosa Connector Trail 3D Map Tour [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptg-iZ5FDgU&hl=en&rel=0] ...
Hiking, Southeast / 26.11.2008
Arkaqhah Trail Hike
Arkaqhah Trail Hike November 26, 2008 Started at Track Rock Gap at 8:30 AM. The temperature was 24 degrees. The trail starts uphill and after a few hundred yards turns left following the hillside and angling upward. Within 10 – 15 minutes at a big rock just to the left, the trail crosses from one hill to another at the head end of a gully. From there, the trail soon begins to climb steeply straight up the fall line with a break of a climb not quite as steep...
Hiking, Smoky Mountains, Southeast / 08.11.2008
What Growls in the Dark?
This is a 5 day backpacking hike from Round Bottom along trails between Mount Guyot and Cataloochee. November 4th, 2008 - Beech Mountain Trail and Balsam Mountain Trail I was all packed and ready to drive directly from work to Round Bottom where my plan was to night hike 4.5 miles to Laurel Gap Shelter. Traffic on I-85 in Atlanta was awful, but I was on my way soon enough. After a wrong turn in Cherokee and some wandering through the Cherokee Indian Reservation on a night time search for...
Cycling / 04.10.2008
More on Six Gap Century RIde
Here are some more videos of my ride. The climb up Unicoi Gap. This is where I was really beginning to feel some soreness in my legs. It didn't matter much other than the fact that I knew that I had the Hogpen Gap 6.5 mile climb still to come. I didn't want to blow out my legs before I started that climb. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpMav6At5no] Here is a little video of a white blaze of the AT (Appalachian Trail) on the top of Hogpen Gap. This is more than a...