Blood Mountain, Ga Trip

“if anyone is interested in going to blood mt with me for memorial day, see the trip list”

“That's a great hike man!”

“Is the trip set in stone?
What about going along the AT for 2-3 days to some crossroad and shuttling back to neels gap?

Hey, fill out your profile. :)”

“yea i was meant to do blood on my trip to georgia earlier this month, but i wussed out after three nights in sub-freezing weather. the plan was to go from amicalola to neels gap, which i did, but i bypassed blood mt and walkd extra miles on the fourth day so i could get back to civilization a day early. the first two nites werent bad, but the third nite was 12 above, and my bag was a 20 degree bag. so for me, this is just about going back and making up what i missed, cuz ive heard that the view from blood is just awesome”

“stove, you and 2scoops can talk about this trip in Fl next week”

“that is a beautiful time of year for blood mountain...laurel and rhododendron blooming......”

“the itinerary is defineitely not set in stone. i would prefer to do a shuttle, as long as we're on blood one of the two nights.”

“if anybody has ideas let me know. i would appreciate any input, as i am not local to the area, i be a hoosier”

“My truck got broke into at Hogpin Gap (North of Blood Mtn) a couple of years ago. I don't know what the crime rate is like there these days.”

“rad would be your blood mountain guru....he can do any trail in that area blindfolded walking on his hands”

“WD, that was just last year.

Radagast, is the Blood Mountain Master.”

“considering i have a 9 hour drive home, i want day 3 to be short, blood mt summit to neels gap would be perfect. so lets figure out a trip that starts around 15 miles south of blood, with blood mt the second nite and neels gap the finish. gooch gap to blood is about 11, cooper gap to blood is about 17. i would be agreeable with either starting point.”

“See ya'll in FL next week. Talk about it there.”

“ok i changed the trip info.

mike: arent you leading the ice age trip that weekend?”

“The view from Blood is great. I bet on a clear day you can almost see Atlanta...”

“dammit everybody tells me that. grrrrr im going to be kicking myself for the next four months until i can go back”

“When you go, be sure and climb up on top of the huge rock next to the shelter. Great views from there. It's an easy climb, nothing technical at all.”

“I would like to hike this trip, but I need to see what the family schedule is on that holiday weekend. Hopefully I can send them off to spend the weekend at a my wife's sisters house in Atlanta.”

“I'll keep my eye on this trip.”

“i wish now i wouldve posted my last georgia hike in the trips section. i couldve saved myself money by not having to use a paid shuttle service and had friends along to boot (no pun intended)”

“So you won't be going to Katahdin that weekend 2scoops?

2 scoops of what, lol?”

“o yea i suppose i should take my maybe off that katahdin trip”

“There was a guy hiking the AT last year by the name of 2scoops. He got it because he woke up one morning and found that the mice (or squirrels, I'm not sure) had put 2 scoops of acorns in his boots.”

“haha funny story . not me tho.”

“I was hoping that I could get a TT hike on Blood Mtn during my 10 hike in GA..guess im not gonna get any takers..but perhaps 2 scoops will”

“I can't get away fro 10 days. I have to have an act of congress and a endorsement by the Surgeon General just to get away fro a 3 nighter.”

“there is no view from blood mountain. all that you will see is mud and mosquitoes. it smells like sewage and there is trash, everywhere. go somewhere in the smokies, instead.”

“come on now, radagast, don't sugarcoat it.”

“party pooper rad”

“Plus, there has been a high increase in manatee activity since the official end of the drought. Three hikers have been killed, and several more injured. NEVER get between a mama manatee and her babies.”

“that kinda talk belongs on the ocala thread. tell it to mike he plans on swimming with the manatees”

“Cool!

8)”

“any of you maybes turned into defineites yet?”

“I'll probably be a "maybe" until April.”

“at this point, it's pretty sure, and i may be bringing someone with, too (non tter/non lurker)”

“the itinerary is getting a little more solid. please check the trip info, those who are going/thinking about going and post your comments/suggestions.”

“i'm gonna go down as a maybe for right now. if i go i'm gonna start friday at springer and meet up at gooch gap saturday morning.
then i'm gonna talk someone into taking me back to my car:) actually, what i might do is park at the end thursday night when i get there and have a shuttle pick me up and take me to springer so i can get in the car and go home on monday.”

“couldn't we get from gooch gap to slaughter gap in 1 day, though?”

“There is a large shelter on top of Blood mtn but I didnt' stay in it..because at the bottom of the mtn on the side going south to north there is an outfitter/store and great campsites litter the area after that. You can take a shower , have a meal at the store... I will have to check my map...but how many miles are you talking about?”

“It's 11 miles from Gooch Gap to Slaughter Gap, with only one really major climb in that stretch, Big Cedar Mountain right after Woody Gap. There's a shelter in that stretch, Woods Hole, which is about a half-mile off the trail from Bird Gap. I wouldn't stay in the shelter on Blood. There are a few camping spots on Blood, but no water and very little, if any, firewood. But I've heard it's great to camp on Blood on a clear night.”

“Looking at the AT description in Ga. I don't see a Granny Top Mt and that is where 2scoops said they might camp the 1st night. Does it go by another name?

Bit, didn't you do this section last Oct when I had to bail out”

“Yep, well, from Woody Gap to Neels Gap and beyond. It's a nice section.

If you're looking at the GAAT's trail description, they leave a lot out. There is a Granny Top Mtn. about a mile after Big Cedar.
That would make the first day about a 5.5-mile day, and the second about a 9-mile day. Henry Gap is almost dead between Gooch Gap and Neels Gap. Dunno about the water situation there though.”

“2nd night would be Slaughters gap which is approx 5-6 miles from Granny Top Mt and then the last day hike to Neels Gap approx 3 miles. 2scoops broke it down to a 2 nighter so he could get out early Mon and drive home.
This is looking more of a go right now but it is still a long time away”

“OK cool. Very easy miles, those. I'm thinking of going on this one too, but it depends on my allergies more than anything.”

“if i go, i'm bringing chip with me.”

“No fires within 300' of the AT from, like, Springer to NC.

Not drought related. Instead, it's due to the over-abuse of the vegation. There's nothing dead or down left to burn.”

“that's AMAZING rad! i would love to converse with chip”

“oh my - the image of OM trying to converse with chip - far freaking out - I can't really picture it but I sure would love to watch”

“lol hoi!
this is om~~~~~~~~~~~~~its all about merging wavelengths~~~~~



so.....you like to watch huh?
heh”

“om, baby! i saw you put yourself down as a yes for this trip. very excited, i om (i mean, i am)”