Black Mtn Crest Trail & Big Butt(kikker) fall trip

“yeah, nothing special though. I wouldn't rate it in the top 10 that I've been on.”

“Roam, you gotta do the Santanonni Range sometime.

Dat's a trail..........from hell.”

“the views in and around camp Alice are great though
http://community.webshots.com/photo/159624196/159685015fCdpgA”

“seems to be ok, "soft tissue" injury so says the boneman. Prescribed anti-inflam pills and said take it easy.

Its feeling better (Finally!) after several days of very low activity and limping.

Predict that i'll be good for this trip unless the new job throws a wrench in it, (or the move screws it up).”

“you know you will be there Roam. This will be the trip of the year.”

“wow, our area isn't affected by the closure - yet though”

“people who are meeting at Mitchell will need to come up from the south on the Parkway. It sounds like there is a closure on the parkway north of NC 128. From what it sounds, there won't be any camping in Black Mtn Camp Ground. I wonder if the gang coming up Colberts Ridge Trail from Carolina Hemlocks will be affected. I will call closer to the time and get all the specifics. Hopefully Ivan won't further mess things up.”

“"....."soft tissue" injury so says the boneman."

Who's the boneman, One Inch Wang?”

“LOL

noooooo, I take no advice or counsel from One Inch”

“I got some maps for ya and the rest of ya”

“The hike that we'll be doing has been dubbed "The Black Mountain Traverse" because it will cover the entire range which is in the shape of a U.”

“"I got some maps for ya and the rest of ya"

EarthNsky
04:29:24 PM
09/16/04

There's more of me than just me?”

“There is more to come! My Mother in-law called @ 7 am and said a tree in her front yard fell and knocked the powerline down, she called the power company, they said it will be 5 weeks before they can get to them. The road to Black Mtn. campground is washed away.”

“We get a little bit of rain, some people get wet, and everyone panics ;)”

“They closed schools in 2 counties in Tenn today because of the rain. Silly me....and I thought they just did that for snow???”

“embear, a few counties along the Tn/Al border were closed yesterday. I guess they have a lot of flooding down that way. The southern portion of Tn got a lot more rain than we did. It got worse the more you moved towards Chatt.”

“these hurricanes suck”

“and I was gonna go bpacking down there this weekend. Oh well, i'm a sickling right now anyways...”

“get well soon embear!”

“yupp, I just found out that I CAN go, but now I don't know where to go. Sucks!!

I may go dayhiking in NC... we'll see how bad the parks are up there. (jones gap, ceasars head state park)”

“Thanks Roam.”

“embear's sick in the head, she'll never get better. ; )”

“shut it yam. No more jolly ranchers for you!”

“all my jolly ranchers melted. : (”

“I e-mailed Mt Mitchell this morning to see if they could give us any insight on damage to trail. Not that it matters, I'm going hell or high water, who's with me?”

“it'll prolly be hell AND high water! I think thats the crux of their problems these days.”

“"these hurricanes suck"
EarthNsky
02:42:27 PM

I would say that they blow!

"all my jolly ranchers melted. : ("
yam
03:37:33 PM

Gay cowboys?”

“how do ya melt a jolly rancher? let them sit in water?

lol”

“That would be a nice weekend to go to the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.........if the shti's washed out in N.C.”

“the only parts that might be washed out would be that one backroad to get to the trailhead for the Crest Trail on the north end.

but we'll know the answers to those questions pretty soon.

Blalocks fam will fill us in.”

“Fill us in with what, mud?”

“She said something about Pensicola Rd being closed, but as many residences that are on that road I'm sure they will be on that. I don't know of any detours. Hopefully thats all of them!!!! Tornados suck, Hurricanes blow!!!”

“Yeehaw! I'm ready for anything!”

“Yeehaw???

embear, methinks you've been livin in Nashville too long.

LOL

;)”

“we have almost a month to this trip so hopefully things will improve. But you know there is going to be a ton of blow downs to get over,under and crawl thru”

“ENS, here is a good description of the trail leaving from Mt Mitchell. We are coming up that..correct. I haven't read enough about our route yet so I don't even know which way we are going..lol

Black Mtn Crest Trail”

“Ha ha ha Ewker,

I hope you didn't sign onto this trip thinking it was like that description. We're starting from Bolen's Creek with a brutal 4000 ft. in 4 miles climb. Then the ridiculous bushwhack throught the briars and stinging nettle followed by hand over hand rock climb up the steep face of Winterstar. I hope you're a masochist.”

“That description makes it sound like a nice fall walk along the ridge.”

“Bison. like I said I haven't read enough about the route to know which way we are going.

4000' in 4 miles, that will be fun, looking forward to it”

“"4000' in 4 miles, that will be fun, looking forward to it"

Ewker
12:26:16 PM
09/21/04

That's what they all said last time :)”

“Bison, This old man will be able to do it without any problems. If I do have any you would carry my pack right ;)”

“You know he will, Ewk.”

“No that's Y2's job. I think we're gonna get him to carry Roam Around though if Roam's ankle isn't good, but I'm sure we can put your pack on him too.”

“I have started using this moving stair machine at the gym. I'm gonna kick all yall's a$$es!!!”

“embear, want to help train me :)”

“My ankle is much improved and will be fine by the time this hike gets here. But I ain't carrying no old man's pack!

Good thing about the ridge walk from Celo to Winter Star is there aren't many trees along the ridge, so unless there were washouts and slides (entirely possible) the "un-trail" can't really get any worse.”

“If there are big washouts we're going to have to make sure we have people hike on either side of ENS considering his tendency to fall off of mountains :)”

“Ewk - sure, if you can work out at 9am or 10pm. I've actually hired a trainer to get back into shape (ive been indulging lately) so I'm gonna be buff. Just you wait....

Roam, I can give you a piggy back if you arent feeling well. Although you seem pretty tall so your feet may still touch the ground:)”