Fierry Gizzard or Savage Gulf in Jan any one?

“Do you want me to send you the actual FG & SG maps?

Send me your home address to walkindude32@comcast.net”

“Cool!!! The game is afoot.

This is gonna be one cool hike (no pun intended)!”

“Friday to Sunday. I don't get Monday off and have better luck taking Fridays off. Some of the folks with Monday off and a good drive to get there are talking about doing SG on Fri-Sun and FG on Sun and Monday. You have mail.”

“I don't get MLK day off either, so I'm indifferent to which days it is.”

“Does the ranger station accept reservations?”

“I would seriously doubt it. But like walkindude said, in January it probably won't be an issue.”

“OK, I haven't read the entire thread.

Where is this place?

Tennessee?

What, about 500 miles from Baltimore?”

“Closer to 700 miles...”

“Owww”

“I'll be wherever on Thursday night...is anyone else gonna get there thurs nite and where should we meet up?”

“(time wise, not distance) is it from Nashville...and if anyone from Nashville needs a lift...I'll be heading down Thurs evening and will be passin NV @ 9pm or so. Let me know.”

“I'm planning on being there Thursday night. Not sure if I want to camp at Stone Door or Savage Station though. Can you camp at the ranger stations if you come in after dark?

I guess Savage would be best, since we're meeting there the next morning to do the shuttle.”

“Stikky, I think it's about an hour and a half, but Nashvegans will know better than me.”

“What town is near this place?”

“It's not too far from Monteagle, TN, but Greutli-Laager is the closest "town". Not sure if Mapquest will find that wide spot in the road or not.”

“Last year we went to beersheba springs didn't we?..or is this trip on the other side at G-L?”

“"I'm planning on being there Thursday night. Not sure if I want to camp at Stone Door or Savage Station though. Can you camp at the ranger stations if you come in after dark?

I guess Savage would be best, since we're meeting there the next morning to do the shuttle."
bloodpusher
01:04:42 PM
10/23/03

We can take my van, Oh Pusher of Blood. Reservations have never been an issue, at least I've never bothered to make any. There is a campgroud a couple hundred yards from the parking lot at Savage Station. The only thing to check will be whether part of the Collins Gulf Trail will be iced over, in which case it will be closed and we will have to make a last-minute adjustment to our hike. The Ranger will let us know when we file our 'flight plan'.”

“682.26 miles, hmmmmmmmmmm”

“Tom, all of that is interstate too. 680/75 = 9 hrs. Keep in mind that stikmon is going to head over the Fierry Gizzard when the main group finishes with Savage Gulf. They are close together. If you have Monday off then yall could hang and then leave by noon or so on Monday. Come on over!”

“If Tom comes then we'll have to get strat to show up. That'd be a hoot.”

“"If Tom comes then we'll have to get strat to show up. That'd be a hoot."
dayhiker
02:22:58 PM
10/23/03

Shucks, let's just fly Phaedrus and Tilt in as well. We could make a TT documentary.

...Rush Limbaugh can bring the 'recreational substances'...”

“Tilt is driving distance. He's probably not reading this though since it's a hiking thread.”

“FG, that sounds like a plan.

The trip thing, not the "recreational substances" thing...”

“"Tilt is driving distance. He's probably not reading this though since it's a hiking thread."
dayhiker
02:31:28 PM
10/23/03

Man that was cold. I hear he really does hike though...

We're on, blood.”

“I couldn't help it.”

“LOL...”

“Seems like so far away though...I'm thinkin I'd like to get down theresooner...We'll see.”

“Would like to make it to this hike myself since it is in my neck of the woods. Will keep my eyes on the thread, for any updates.”

“I got you e-mail. I'm going to Cumberland Island tommorrow and will be back tuesday night. I'll get your maps ready to send when I'm back home.”

“Thanks a bunch and have fun on your trip.”

“

"Tilt is driving distance. He's probably not reading this though since it's a hiking thread."
dayhiker

It has been recorded that someone claiming to be Tilt was at TC-3!”

“Just got back from a great dayhike there today. South Rim Savage day loop, and Collins Gulf. I did drive between those last two. Loads of color. I'll post some pics if any turn out worth a durn. I'm gonna make myself a definate maybe for this trip.”

“stikmon, are you coming to this trip? You're not signed up and it was YOUR IDEA to do this trip.”

“I'm in.”

“I just put your maps in the mail.



Anybody else need a map for Savage Gulf?
If so, e-mail me your home address to walkindude32@comcast.net”

“Thanks a bunch.”

“Hey guys. I'm gonna put these dates down and try to plan on joining yall for this one, if you don't mind someone new.

By the way, some of you may know who I am under the name "hikinmike" (No, not the one from CA). I just changed to avoid confusion. Ironic huh.”

“Cool It'll be good to get to talk to ya more and actually hike with ya!”

“You bet man. I just gotta make sure noone else's schedule conflicts, i.e. kids and others.”

“I am going to put myself down as a maybe for this trip. All depende how the knee feels and if I have surgery in the upcoming weeks. I will find that out on Thursday.”

“knee surgery suxxxxxx”

“Hopefully it will only need to be scoped. My doc warned me last March that I may need something by the end of the year. Looks like he was right.”

“Well, if it does get cleaned out, good luck getting back up and around.”

“Thanks

My father had his knee scoped 2 years ago and has felt fine ever since. He was actually walking without crutches 1 week after the procedure.

We will see.”

“Only a week would be pretty dang good.”

“Anything has to be better than what I am going through now. The left knee has been in pain for over a month now. Some days good, some days bad. Stairs, especially down are tough.”

“Dude get some new knees!!!!!!!!!



8p


Just Kidding!”

“I would love new ones!

I signed on as a maybe on a few of your upcoming trips. I will know more this Thursday and how long, if at all, I will be laid up.

Gotta get these knees working right for next season!”