Les Jones: Sore Muscles, Light Blogging

June 20, 2004

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Just got home from a backpacking trip to Gregory's Bald, and boy are my legs, shoulders, and arms tired. You know how Indiana Jones said "it ain't the years, honey, it's the miles"? Well, it ain't the miles, Indy, it's the elevation. 2400 feet of climbing in three miles, plus three miles of ordinary grades for an extra 500 feet. All with an (admittedly overloaded) overnight pack. I have lots of pics, but I'm way too beat to post them tonight, and besides, I'd rather spend time with Melissa than blog.

P.S. SayUncle and his wife had their baby while I was gone! Congrats, guys.

UPDATE: Pictures of the Gregory Bald backpacking trip here

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I just backpacked 70 miles on the A.T. with my son's Boy Scouts starting at the north boundary of the Great Smokie Mountain NP and going north. It's the miles AND the elevation!

Posted by: Rod Morris at June 21, 2004

I did pretty much that same trip with some buddies after high school graduation. Went 54 miles up through Sam's Gap.

That was during some of the drought years in the '80s. One day every water source was dry and we didn't get a drink and we went thirsty until up into the evening. When we got to the Nolichucky River it was so feeble that we walked across it.

One of these days I want to take a week or two and hike the AT through the Smokies.

Posted by: Les Jones at June 21, 2004