Sirpete and WD vs the Smokys - Part 2

“I met Sirpete at Newfound Gap in the Smokys last Sunday to complete the northern half of of the AT. (We did the Southern half in the Fall).
We left my truck there and his wife droped us off at I-40 where the trail crosses under.

The first day was all uphill and pretty hot. It was about 8 miles to Cosby Knob shelter where we stayed. By dark the shelter was full. Several thru-hikers were there too.

Monday morning it started raining about 6:00 AM. We left the shelter about 7:00 and headed south toward Pecke Corner Shelter. On the way we stopped and ate lunch at Tricorner shelter. It was raining so hard that several thru-hikers were still in their sleeping bags and had no intention on going out in the rain.
By 1:30 we were at the turnoff for Pecks Shelter. It was too early to stop so we headed on.
The last hill was starting to kick our ass and I thought about stopping at Icewater shelter but we were only 2.9 from the truck so we pushed on. About 5:30 PM we were at Newfound Gap.
After 23.3 miles in the rain in one day, we were beat. We wish we would have had better views but most all day we were pounded with rain, High winds, and thick fog.

The Pizza down in Cherokee was AWESOME!!!!!!


Pictures

Enjoy”

“Oh yeah, no bears or bees this time. Just rain.”

“WD,nice pics. How did you like that new camera.”

“It's pretty cool. I like not having to go to Wal-Mart after every trip.

I put so other pictures from it in my Rock & Roll album too on Webshots. It's the ones around the bottom. Most of the pics in the album are old.”

“Not just a little rain either. It rained 6" in 24 hrs that day. we were walking in a creek of water, 3ft wide and in some spots 1ft deep. most of the time it was a bit more mellow but the wind wasn't. we must have had 50mph winds up on the top. I was almost blown over at one point. I would have loved to stay that night but I had eneough of that rain crap. I'm looking forward to getting home and doing that hike in the Catskills. Great to see you made it home alright WD and we can start thinking about the next section. We might want to make it a little further than hot springs though, thats only thirty something miles, If we are going to start hiking 20+ miles per day we are going to need longer trips!”

“Very nice pic of a dwarf iris there. Whaddaya mean no views because of the rain?! Those were great!”

“Walkindude has that Kid Rock "bad boy" look goin on! Makes my heart do flips. He'd better watch out next time he gets this close to the Smokies. Its all good. I'll give him a 10 second headstart.

;-D

Sirpete is mighty purty too!

Great pix!”

“That thru hiker's eyeing sirpete's stove like "would he miss it before the end of the day?"”

“LOL at your remarks re: the thru hiker eyeing the stove. 2 funny.
I have always said its important to make a mental note of who last complimented any object be it a pen or whatever....
For that is usually where you'd better look first if it distappeers!
Hee hee!”

“nice pics, WD!
you and sir pete are lookin' a bit water logged, thou!! :-)”

“Fantastic pics WD! I suppose all Smurf cracks are off limits?”

“You're still fly even in the rain.
smacking skullcap on the noggin. whap whap.>>”

“LOL!”

“The smokys are great even in the rain. I took a nice rest break by that rock the wet walkindude is standing by last fall. The views were great that day!”

“"Very nice pic of a dwarf there." - Treebait

Wow, I've told a lot of short jokes about Pete, but I've never called him a dwarf. ;o)

Great pics WD! It's always something with you 2. If it ain't bears or bees, it's a monsoon. Sounds like fun!

See ya next week in the 'Skills, Pete. I hope the weather is a tad better.”

“danababy
Why thank ya! You look pretty good yaself on your website! I'm in Lust!

Yam
We were beyond water logged. Most of my trips this season have been that way. Oh well, 2 more trips and my gear goes into hibernation for the season.


"Wow, I've told a lot of short jokes about Pete, but I've never called him a dwarf. ;o)"
Pennsy Hiker
04:35:18 PM
05/09/03

LMAO!!!!!!!!


Sirpete
Are you home already? How was the rest of the trip?
BTW, I got home about 12:30 (my time) and did go on to work. Mt Dew and Amp kept me going!”

“Treebait
We had a few nice views the first day but the second day was pretty crappy so most all we saw was fog. Every now and then we would get a limited view.
I may go back up there again and do some of that section just to see what we missed.”

“NICE PICTURES! The At is quite an undertaking! I just finished a story by Bill Bryson and his adventures on the AT... It is interesting to see the places I have read about. Keep the trip reports and pictures coming....”

“I've always heard people talking about that Bill Bryson book but I've not read it yet.”

“Hey! Today is SirPete's Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday SirPete!!!

(lucky I went to Views From The Top today)”

“son of a bbbb.......................

I forgot that I posted my b-day there. No WD I just got home now. It was great even though it rained like a monsoon for the next 3 days!”

“Walkin Dude - Did this hike complete your quest for the entire AT? If so, big time Congrats!!!

Sirpete - happy b'day Man! Did the Masked Marauder attend your b'day partay?”

“"Sirpete is mighty purty too!"

- danababy

Does your job provide vision coverage? :)”

“Capn BoBo
Naw, That just completes the AT in the Smokys.”

“Great reporting, thanks!!!”

“pictures soon.”

“me and mile monster walked about 40 miles of the AT through the Smokies in fog. id like to go back and at least see the bunion again.”

“We could bearly see it through the fog. If I went back again, I'd want to go to either Pecks Shelter or Tricorner Shelter and check out that much of it again. I bet there is a nice view from Icewater shelter.”

“"Sirpete is mighty purty too!"

- danababy

Does your job provide vision coverage? :)"
Buddha Bear
10:33:39 AM
05/11/03

hey quite it already. I finially get a hotty thinking I'm cute and right away you gotta ruin my thunder. So what if we're all married”

“"Sirpete is mighty purty too!"

- danababy

Does your job provide vision coverage? :)"
Buddha Bear
10:33:39 AM
05/11/03

hey quit it already. I finially get a hotty thinking I'm cute and right away you gotta ruin my thunder. So what if we're all married”

“Doh this freaking computer. tomorrow I get my new one!”

“I'm 37. When a hottie like Danababy gives me a compliment, It makes my day!”

“It's not your computer Pete. It's some bizarre TT quirk. It was just your turn.

By the way, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for the walking away shots. That was very thoughtful of you ¦ ) .”

“Hey man, Hiney patting on the trail can be fun! I know because for Mothers Day.... my boyfriend aka husband tried it out and THEN chased me down Rich Mtn. Trail all the way to the parking lot. Woo hoo! He is fun. I hope he never changes.

I can admire hunky guys even though I'm married. Men check out cute chicks all da time. I'm old enough to qualify for the dirty old woman bracket now.

Pete, Walkindude.... I am just dreadful I know. A wicked sinner. Skullcap, Buddhabear and the resta them... Don't be hatin! Dey my boyz!”

“OK, it's a been funny mixup to me but I have to set you straight there danababy. I'm a chick. You know, female.”

“Chill out.”

“Sounds like a cat fight brewing.
LOL!!!”

“Down boy. Ain't no fight around here! Now post some more pictures of that hiker's bootay for us to enjoy!”

“Come on, how about some good ole Bikini Mud Wresslin?!?!
I'll even get in there and play too!”

“Make it chocolate pudding and it's a deal.”

“<leaves for Costco to see if they sell instant chocolate pudding in gross lots to take to Trail Days>”

“Yum. Skullcap, that might be fun. LOL
Deal me in.

Lets see if we can pants Walkindude.”

“Oh yeah!”

“Lets Rock!”

“Shall we give him a 10 second headstart or no?”

“Headstart?
I'd rather you start with me!”

“Yo from da West! Hate that the views were fawgy. It's pretty incredible how different the northern half is from the southern half of the GSMNP. WD your close enough that I'd suggest ya to do it again sometime. At the very least you should do the Davenport Gap to Alum Bluff Cave parking lot loop. It's an easy hitch back up to Dav gap even if you do it solo. First night at Icewater, second one at LeConte Shelter near the lodge would make a killer weekend.

Rock on fellas!!!”

“Good to hear from ya Naked Ape!!!!”

“yeah really!”