The Journey Begins
Arrive at the Trailhead @ 9pm
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The Taj Mahal
This was our shelter for the first night. It was on the side of a hill...
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On the ALT
Everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather.
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Everyone on The Trail
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Butter Gap
If its called Butter Gap then there must be butter somewhere!
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Butter Gap
still searching for that butter.
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Butter Gap
Sadly, there was no butter.
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Taking a Break
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Taking Another Break
Everything is going smoothly.
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Cedar Rock Mountain
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Cedar Rock Mountain, Crab Crawl
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Cedar Rock Mountain, Drew is Looking for a Hold
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Cedar Rock Mountain, John After His Near Death
John was almost to the top when he started sliding backwards.
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Cedar Rock Mountain, Jon is the Crab Crawl Master
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Cedar Rock Mountain View
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Cedar Rock Mountain, Travis = Spiderman
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Art Loeb Trail
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Yeah, Hes Smiling Now
I believe this is the one and only time Adam smiled.
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Trying To Figure Out Where We Are at on the Map
We thought that we should have passed a shelter a long time ago. We...
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First Switchbacks of Pilot Mountain
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Pilot Mountain Switchbacks
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Pilot Mountain
We are about half-way up at this point and Chas and Adam dont think they can...
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Chas on the Summit of Pilot Mountain
Chas almost didnt make it up and curled into a ball on the summit.
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Everyone on the Summit of Pilot Mountain
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Our Campsite on Top of Pilot Mountain
We tried to get a shelter but there were people there and they didnt want to...
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and the Snow Keeps Falling
It was 1:00AM and we could'nt sleep anymore.
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Warm and Cozy
At this point John, Adam and Chas thought we all were going to die.
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Snow Shelter
This is the next morning when we got up.
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We Decided We Needed a Hot Lunch
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Drying Out
We attempted to dry out our sleeping bags, unfortunately they didnt dry out.
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The Adirondack Shelter We Almost Had
This is the shelter the people didnt want to share.
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Winter Wonderland
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Needed a Change of Clothes
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The Blue Ridge Parkway
Taking a break on the highway because it was closed.
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The Blue Ridge Parkway
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The Blue Ridge Parkway
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Scotland, the Journey Begins
The guy we met at the outfitter store told us that part of the trail went...
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Hiding Behind a Rock
This was on top of the first mountain in Scotland. There were no trees...
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The Only Trees in Scotland
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Lost in Scotland
There were no trail markers and with all of the snow we couldnt find the trail.
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Still Lost in Scotland
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Hiding Behind a Rock Again
Drew was almost blown off the mountain.
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Getting Ready
We were miserable and thought that we could hike the rest of the way out that...
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Everyone Getting Ready to Hike Out
We start on our journey only to realize that we were about another...
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Our Shelter on the Last Night
We put the shelter right on the trail because it was the only flat area around.
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The Other Shelter on the Last Night
When we woke up it was 7degrees and everyones boots were frozen. All of our...
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Stairs Mountain 5,860ft.
Resting on the summit of Stairs Mountain.
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Stairs Mountain
Enjoying the view
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View from The Narrows
We finally had another nice day and we could actually see the landscape. This...
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The Narrows
Taking a break on The Narrows
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The Narrows
Taking a another break on The Narrows
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The View from The Narrows
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The View from The Narrows
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Cold Mountain from The Narrows
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The View from The Narrows
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The View from The Narrows
Panoramic view of the mountains.
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Going Up Cold Mountain
unfortunately we did not need to go up Cold Mountain. We missed the...
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Almost off the ALT
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SPAM Melts the Healthy Choice
Since we didnt get the chance to eat them on the trip we made them at my house.
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North America
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