Springer Mt. AT TT trip in Oct?

“I'm thinking of setting up a TT trip to the start of the AT on Springer Mt. in Georgia the Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 8-11.

Thinking we could start from the USFS 42 parking (less than a mile from Springer), camp near the Springer shelter Friday night, return via the AT to the cars Saturday morning (Saturday arrivals could join then), shuttle a car to Hightower Gap, return, backpack along the AT , play around Long Creek, camp near Hawk Mt Shelter Saturday night, come out Sunday morning at Highttower Gap.

Light miles and easy walking in this section. Maybe 8 miles Saturday. Less than 1 Sunday.

Those that have Monday off could extend their mileage and continue to Gooch Gap Shelter Sunday night and come out at Gooch Gap.

Anyone interested?”

“yeah I am”

“...and YEP”

“FYI, I think Titanium Chef is going to be on Columbus Day weekend, for what that's worth.”

“thanks Matt, but I had rather hike the AT than go to TC”

“TC is not on the trip page.
Can anyone confirm that date?”

“why don't we make it a week and start in March with the thru hikers and get teh real experience”

“SS, I'd be interested in your trip even if it was on the same weekend of TC4.”

“I wouldn't mind a Springer trip, sounds like fun.”

“bit, you wanna go just cuz I might be going, eh?? heehee”

“I can confirm that TC4 is on the same weekend. Smokeygirl is working on finalizing the plans.

It will be held at Martins Fork again.”

“I've done this section a couple of times, but was always in a hurry to get miles in. It is a very beautiful area. I would like to just 'smell the roses' and take it easy, play along the waterfalls, take pictures, etc.

I'm likely to keep this same date because I'm off that Monday and will be looking to backpack somewhere that weekend.

I probably will not be going to TC4.”

“OK, yam, I admit it, yes.”

“Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeha!”

“I'm so transparent...”

“I'll be a strong maybe in Oct, def not in March (work keeps me cooped up in March)”

“don't pay any attention to what Hyway says. He hardly ever goes out.”

“Yeah I hear ya, so when you gonna post the trip?”

“rox1 - When I am convinced someone might actually show up, ha ha.
I did a very similar trip last year and no one showed. I was left on the mountaintop with no one to shuttle.”

“that sux stove! Post the trip and I'll at least be a maybe, as the date approaches, I'll either convert to for sure or drop.”

“Sorry that was my bad. Maybe I'll make it up to you some day on a trip. MAybe I could grill some of my trout! I got 3rd place a TC3 last year with my "secret" recipe. I have to bail on Divinity this weekend for TRail Days. But I have to put my family first. LAst year, my wife was out of town and I got some bad news about my daughter. I'll tell you about it some day on the trail. This time it is not as bad, but I have to be around for sure.”

“I would love to go on this trip, but my schedule has me working that weekend. Columbus Day is not a holiday for us, I just lucked out and got it off last year for TC3. But if it changes I am ready for this trip!”

“I would be interested in this one!”

“SS, put it on the trips page. You know how it works there will be a lot of changes between now and then”

“This has my interest. I've never hiked in Jawja before, and I've been to the other end at Katahdin several times.”

“IM THERE!!! ANYONE FLYINGIN TO ATLANTA OR ANYONE DRIVING UP FROM FL CAN MEET ME AT MY HOUSE.. if i still have an apt by then....”

“I can throw my hat in as a maybe. Though, word of warning. FS42 parking areas have had a lot of trailhead car break-ins lately. It is a very UNSECURE parking area. Very remote with almost zero chance of catching anyone attempting a brake-in. Long Creek Falls is a beautiful area, and that's a great section of trail.

”

“just park at amicalola...thats what i always do...start out there on the approach and go however far you wanna go....







YO YAM!!!! I want to meet you...how does this sound...unemployed single/married...22 yo, huh i know its intriguing”

“When I am convinced someone might actually show up, ha ha.
I did a very similar trip last year and no one showed. I was left on the mountaintop with no one to shuttle."
StoveStomper
04:21:18 PM




you dont have to shuttle me ill walk back...JUST SET IT UP AND ANYONE NEEDING A RIDE FROM ATLANTA LET ME KNOW or if you just want to hitch one after driving aways...”

“shep0987 - Have you changed your policy about not wanting to hike with old people over 25?
I hate to tell you this, but Yam is just a wee bit older than that.
I'm older than dirt at 49. Ewker is even waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy older than me. ;-)”

“We've got some damned old dirt up here and I'm older than most of it. Is the trail wide enough to accomodate my walker? Will Depends burn in a camp fire? Considering on where I hope to be next March, this could be a good trip for me.”

“lol, sheps prejudice agin us old folks, but i bet he'd cut yam some slack.

I'm a little past that 25 yr old cuttoff too man, but I bet I can keep up with ya all the same, you and that heathen friend of yours, you know who I'm talking 'bout too... don't ya!”

“I'm older than dirt at 49. Ewker is even waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy older than me. ;-)"
StoveStomper
07:26:27 PM
05/12/04

Damn right I am older than you.
Whats wrong with that little kid shep not wanting to hike with us. Hell SS you will go off and leave him behind.”

“"shep0987 - Have you changed your policy about not wanting to hike with old people over 25?






no you people need to try not to turn things around....it was more to just see how young or old this board was....and also to see if there were as many #&%!$s over here as there were at BP.com...dude over there seemed a little bent outta shape when i asked it....hey you gotta make a big entrance somehow..why not get some "old" people fired up...and and well any female gets a little slack with age...so ya know always interested in a bping female...”

“and damnit yall need to keep this thread near the top so everyone wants to go...that way i can actually make a trip for a change...”

“top”

“...dude over there seemed a little bent outta shape when i asked it....

maybe he fell down and couldn't get the stick outta his arse!”

“prolly...i dont know i wish i could find that thread over there but i havent really even looked over there since then...”

“I refuse to hike with anyone a day over 95.”

“LOL shep! What the heck does single/married mean?? You paint such an overall pretty picture of yourself!

BTW, SS, I'm STILL interested in this trip. And Ewker better not bail on it!! ;-)”

“lol yam youd have to talk more on nightcrawlers to understand...ask some of those guys about that one...BTW im mostly single ;)...and it is an overall pretty picture isnt it...i mean who could resisit my credentials at this particular time...BTW i also forgot to put that I need a haircut up there...so add that one...might go get one today though so you better WATCH OUT!!”

“Yam, if I am not mistaken you have bailed on more trips than I have ;)

shep, I hate to tell you this but Yam is way out of your league”

“There does appear to be some interest.
This is a couple of hundred miles away from TC4, so I don't feel to bad about putting up a 'competing' trip.
I'll make a post for the trip page next week after I get back from a family backpack this weekend.”

“I'm aware it's the same weekend as TC4. No offense to the TC4 people, but it's too big a crowd for me.”

“geesh old man, how many people have to tell you they are interested in doing this trip, yes we all know it is the same time as that other event.”

“I got burned big time on a trip just like this one a couple of years ago. I planned, set up, drove 440 miles one way, and no one showed except me (2scoops said he was coming, then didn't). Then I had no one to shuttle with. If a great Boy Scout leader hadn't given me a lift, I would have been screwed. thread”

“that sucks Stove.

I'm not a big cook and I've already got a couple of big group trips planned.

The GA AT is closer to me and I havn't done any AT in GA.

put up the trip!”

“Pictures of the area to be hiked
These are from my TT trip that became a solo trip.”

“SS, I went back to look at the old thread. There is a good site on it for maps of the AT in Ga. if anyone is interested here it is
AT in Ga”

“Georgia Hikes has THE best maps of the area, at least the best free maps. Great web page for all your Georgia hiking needs.”