MileMonster on the AT

“Well, folks, it's about time to go. I hope everyone here has a great few months. I am a little anxious but it should be a great trip. Look here for progress reports. You can also check my mother's journal on trailjournals.com. She's Double Nickels. I think this link will take you directly to her journal:

http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=53376

See you down the trail...”

“Good LUCK and a safe journey!!!!!”

“Have a blast MM! Wish I were there....”

“MM--have a great time, and watch out for blisters!”

“Good Luck dude, and have a good time!”

“travel well! and beware of Spiders.”

“Have a good walk MM!
I will be living my dream thru you and 2poops.
Hope I'm still able to go when I retire. That's when my AT thruhike starts!”

“Have fun man! I'll try and keep tabs on you via the journal.”

“Be safe! And enjoy...”

“this guy is named milemonster and has almost a 2 week head start on me. im never going to catch him!

hey, tell your mom that she might want to change her journal entries to "prep" until she actually starts hiking, or else her stats will be all wrong. any dated entries the computer treats as hiking days.

o and good luck. and thanks for the ride a year ago!”

“Good luck. I'll keep up as you head north.”

“Thanks for all the well wishes. Good luck to you, too, StormBringer. Have a great hike. Maybe we'll cross paths somewhere.

Now, let's see how far we can get...”

“Hope you have a great time. Most time I've spent on the AT at one time is 4 days. I gotta give props to those able to handle multiple months. Good luck! I just got off the AT myself... though mine was just a weekender. There are some great views about 27 miles in from Blood Mountain. Here is a pic of me about 1000 feet below and about 6.5 miles away from Blood mountain on Preaching Rock (the 20th mile from the top of Springer). Good luck and take lots of pictures!

Pics from Preaching Rock

Looking at Blood Mountain (mile 27) from Vogel State Part at the base.

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“I hate it when I screw up my html in a post and a link just dissapears ;)

View from the highest point on the Georgia AT (4461 ft) from the top of Blood Mountain”

“Hey DeoreDX, that rock looks familar. 2poops and I went over it last year.”

“Blood mt rocks! have you done the bypass trail? really rugged and alot of fun. no place to camp, tho”

“There are so many trail around that area it's hard to hit em all. I'm still attempting to get all of the Ga AT under my belt. I now know I sure as heck am glad I climbed the west side of the mountain. Going at Blood from the east (from Neels) looks like it would be a major itch with a B. That's definitly been one of my favorite sections of the Ga-AT I've hiked so far.”

“Good Luck to you and Double Nickles MileMonster....Be safe and have fun..”

“did you decide to eat meat to help you on this trip, or are you still going vegan?..just curious...wish you the best of luck, and the lightest of packs...lol”

“I still need to do Neels to Unico Gaps and Dicks Creek to NC to finish out the GA AT.
Be nice to have a shuttle setup for those this spring. Maybe we can get together and help each other out.”

“good luck my friend.. may your trip be free from injury.. and may all your equipment hold up well.. make sure you give us all the stories.. once u get back.

:)”

“travel safe mile monster, i hope i can meet you for a day or two somewhere in virginia.”

“Happy Trails...”

“Have a good time.”

“Actually SS... I was thinking the same thing whenI read your post over at Whiteblaze. Of course... my car has an affinity to not start at the end of hiking trips. Lets see... I had a radiator fan go out... wouldn't start twice (bad ground once, the other was a gremlin that went away)... and lost the timing belt another trip. Lets just say while I love camping my car hates it ;)”

“MM, take a hike!!! LOL

Enjoy the walk and be safe.”

“Have a great trip, Wish you the Best!”

“Happy trail MM. Stay safe and may the miles roll behind with your head lifted high looking north.”

“I read your mom's journal, and something was interesting to me...one of your family members asked her if she'd ever been out of her home county for more than two weeks running and the answer was no...well, tell her not to feel too bad about that, I've traveled all over and the only times I spent more than two weeks away from my home county was the time I spent the summer in Kansas, and another time I spent a month at my grandparent's in Tennessee. So it's no big deal.

Good luck you two!”

“OK, that means we leave my truck at the end point and use yours for the start.
That way at least I can get home. ;-)”

“ROCK ON MileMonster!
Looking foward to hiking with ya again when you get back.”

“Wow. Have a good walk MM! And don't mind us if we live vicariously through you while you're living our dream.”

“Why do I feel sorta sad but yet tickled?????? like one of my kids is leaving home????

MM have a GREAT time.......don't go too fast...you will miss some of the beauty of the trail...

and I wish you LOTS of trail magic!!!!”

“An update from Mrs. MileMonster-
MM and mom started the AT today and now have about fifteen lovely miles behind them. They started on the approach trail, met some light snow/sleet at the AT trailhead, and set up camp at Hawk Mt. Off to a good start!”

“A cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi-Yo Silver!"
MileMonster rides again!”

“Go for the glory!”

“Go for the Gustoooooo!”

“Gosh, I read this with great envy. I hate that I couldn't hike it this year. Hopefully soetime soon within the next couple of years.”

“Coolness.”

“15 the first day. That's great. He'd mentioned that they'd start off slow to let her get her legs under her. They'll be doing 20mpd before you know it.”

“From Mrs. MileMonster-
Got a call from MM from Neel's Gap. Took a break for a shower and some grub then back on the trail! MM and Mom are doing great.
-M.MM”

“thanks for the update!”

“:))”

“2 days from the state park to Neels Gap. That's about 41 miles maybe. They did 15 the first day. Wow!”

“Nevermind, I was looking at the dates between MrsMM posts. That's when she heard from them. They started Monday and by Thur night had gone 41. That sounds more like it.”

“Talked to MM this AM. They hiked from Uricoi Gap to Dick's Creek Gap yesterday and stayed at the highly recommended Blueberry Patch Hostel. Since they started Tuesday AM, they have been covering about 15 miles a day. They head into NC today and are debating whether to keep going to Standing Indian. They're doing well.
-MrsMM”

“excellent news! i was hoping the blueberry patch was still open. i had heard that it had been closed in recent years due to the owner's health. i am glad he is alright and i am glad i have blueberry pancakes and homemade pizza to look forward to!

: D”

“Sounds like they'll be in Harper's Ferry by Friday..... <G>”

“yeah - the only question is which Friday?”

“This coming Friday, LOL”