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Day 150 We woke up at 3 am from the Abol Pines Campground to have enough time to summit and find a ride into town. I’m not sure how much either of us slept, given our excitement for the day. We broke camp quickly and quietly and started up
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Day 140 Knowing that it was hot and that we had some climbing ahead of us, we took the 9 am ride out of the Maine Roadhouse instead of staying until 11 like we normally do. We had an outstanding breakfast cooked by Jen, and we were excited to hit
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Day 130 We woke up early to try and make the most of the day, but stopped in at the Hut to check the weather forecast. Heavy thunderstorms were expected early in the afternoon... Not wanting to get caught in a repeat of the flooding event a few days ago,
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Day 120 Most of the shelter (Tortoise, Instigator, Cruise Control, Hi-Fi, and me) awoke fairly early due to the early night from the thunderstorm, combined with the bright sunrise shining right into the shelter. Eager to knock out morning miles and beat the weather again, Instigator and I hit the
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Day 110 When I awoke in the morning, I noticed that someone else had come into the shelter at some point in the night, so for the first time in days, we shared a shelter with someone. We weren’t the only crazy people out in this weather! As usual,
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Day 100 Fearing potential bad weather and wanting not to feel rushed, Instigator and I awoke fairly early, in an attempt to summit the two peaks of the day, before the forecasted rain blew in. The morning was ridiculously humid, and unfortunately, we couldn’t see a thing from the
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Day 90 After our late night, we all slept in until it became too hot to keep sleeping. Once awake, we promptly left to seek out air conditioning and Brooklyn bagel sandwiches at a local bakery. We then returned to the stifling apartment to do laundry, repair gear, and tackle
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Day 80 We’re getting quite good at this early start thing! We once again hit the ever-so-rocky Pennsylvania trail a hair after 6:30 am this morning with the plan to have some extra time to negotiate the tricky PA rocks. The trail was a bit friendlier than we
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Day 70 Due to the close air and nocturnal wildlife activity, I didn’t sleep much, unfortunately. When we woke up at 2:00 am for our 4-state attempt, I was already mentally dead. Once we started at 2:40 am, Masochist launched off, and we didn’t see him
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Day 60 Due to the constant wind blowing ash and smoke into the shelter and the noise of a crowded shelter, I woke up quite tired and with a bit of a sore throat. Despite that, we packed up camp fairly quickly and hustled over to the nearby picnic area
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Day 50 I woke up, finally not in pain, but just a bit sore. I made the call to Anna that I was good to roll, so after our sad Super 8 breakfast, we packed up our things and hit the trail. Right off the bat, the trail was absolutely
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Day 40 We woke up today feeling refreshed and ready to go after our comfortable night in the Wytheville La Quinta! After wrapping up a few chores, we scarfed down the continental breakfast before heading over to the Food Lion for a resupply. Unfortunately, we didn’t plan it very