Full Moon at Shining Rocks

“we all call you bubba, behind your back! LOL!!!!”

“44 lbs. with 4 liters of water. will we need that much?”

“I don't think there's water real close to the camp we'll be at now. I'm bringing lots of water too.”

“42 lbs. w/ 3 liters of water. I remember the days when this used to be a "light" pack for me. Now, these extra clothes are killing me.”

“i am glad you all have things under control. ..i think the early people should have supper on the stove for the night shift.......heh...
i just got home from playing a ten o clock softball game tonite and while i was sweating , wearing shorts......all i could think of was ,,,,1..please dont let me get injured and 2 ,,,tomorrow nite at this time we will all be tucked away in our warm little sacks like burritos on the top of a freakin mountain...... aint life grand? i did get a goose egg on my right knee tho, but nothing to keep me from walkin!
pack in water for the first night for sure...and sleep with it..:)
goodspeed y'all
rad...........sniff...but will see you an mrs rad ya in a week got some brewskis in the trunk for the coming out.”

“i'm out of here. see ya on the trail.”

“Leaving now. See yall there!”

“Didn't hear back from Jerbear last night so there is nothing else to tell see ya on the trail.”

“Packed and ready -
I even brought Belle to school with me so we can bug-out from here (that will save the hour of traveling time that it would take me to go home and fetch'er).

I'm bringing skads of H20 too...”

“I sher am havin the gooood times!
These boys are crazy boys.
I been werkin good to. I did the saw and naled wood. I lerned a new gimmedat game - it is called sakky sak. It is the fun game.

We are walkin in the swomp in a minit wher my daddy and the crazy boys will be making the trale some times last yeer.

Any ways my pakpak is reddy and we will get in the truk in a minit and get ther. I will see ever buddy then. By.”

“I envy y'all. The weather's gonna be perfect.

Have a good time!”

“Great Times with Great people!!”

“yo!”

“Amen!!”

“Home safe and sound after side trips to Linville Falls, Mast General store and the honey stand.

As always, it was an interesting trip with great people.

I think one of the most interesting things was the Cold Mountain Approach Shelter. More later...”

“Hey Ever buddy!!!

It sure was goooooood times this weekend! I'm at Ski's house, half way home!!

Can't wait to see the abridged version of THIS trail report!!

The Cold Mtn. Approach Shelter...heh, heh, heh..

Bye Y'all!”

“You guys should have stayed for Cold Mountain approach shelter..day two!! LOL”

“I made it back to Hotlanta safe and sound and have finally warmed up. It was great to meet all you warm souls on that cold mountain. Looking forward to doing it again sometime.

Ya'll take care.”

“I hope you all got pictures!!!”

“I shot 3 rolls. Most everybody took pictures.”

“I got Tex to the airport at 5 AM this morning. She should be home in Texas sometime this morning. I'm sure she'll be enjoying the warmer weather.”

“We got in on Sunday night and had some lasagna for dinner followed by that Ben&Jerry's chunkey monkey I was talking about all weekend. We decided that we would not be buying warmer bags though - just bring warmer clothes for the nights dropping below 15 degrees.

We had a great time this weekend with everyone. Who is going to write the trip report? Sarabelle?”

“How cold did it get? And what kinda bag did you have (and it's rating)?”

“Also did anyone sleep under a tarp or just on a pad (no tent)?”

“so 'dude - did you get a shot of the moon? Also who was mooning the rocks?”

“I don't know about anyone else on this trip, but it was way too cold for any moon sightings...except for the one in the sky.”

“We have a good 3 season tent and Cat's Meow bags rated to 15 degrees. We each wore long johns. Rolex was comfortable and I was freezing. I was shivering so much by Saturday morning that I was nauseous. Going for a hike really fixed that though. I'd have to guess at the temperature, but I think the low on Friday night was probably 15 degrees and the high on Saturday was in the low 20's (this is above 5000 feet). This did not include the blistering winds that created quite a windchill. Our equipment would have been fine for me if there weren't such strong winds or if the temp was 10 degrees warmer. Thank goodness we found the Cold Mountain approach shelter - but I'll leave that story to someone more eloquent.”

“Did anyone tarp it or just flop their bag down on a pad? Or was everyone cooped up in tents?”

“I had a zero TNF ultralight bag and a Walrus Zoid tent. I was very comfortable throughout the night. Baume66 had a tarp. We didn't stay cooped up in the tents, we sat around the fire and chatted!

We were told that the wind chill was -11 degrees.”

“Steve - Someone had a Sil Shelter type set up, I remember seeing it, but I don't know who? (Tarping it)

I had a Moonstone down bag that did a great job. Joyce said it was rated to 15 and I needed every last dang degree of feather!!

The snow on Saturday morning was pretty cool..

Especially when nature called, the snow flew and the wind blew..LOL!!

PS. Yes, I'm back at work, flights were uneventful, thank God!
I miss y'all already!”

“Side note..will be in the 70's here today. Not a snowflake or icicle in sight!!

Tex”

“Just to let you all know, the weather at the Shining Rock area got up to around 64 degrees today! LOL!”

“Someone do the trip report and don't forget the bear story!”

“Baume66 just had a tarp. He said he was fine. Brrrrrr...”

“I'm home.
Man - I don't know where to begin...”

“Hello gojo.”

“Hey!”

“I made a trip report thread already.”

“... and I posted a trip report.”

“Aren't you "johnny-on-the-spot"?

very cool job...”

“Gawd Bless The Mericans!”

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