{"id":195,"date":"2014-04-17T12:36:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T16:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/wordpress-happytrails\/?p=195"},"modified":"2014-04-17T12:36:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T16:36:54","slug":"day-1-springer-mtn-to-cooper-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/happytrails\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 – Springer mtn to Cooper Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally got started today after a big breakfast at the Amicalola Falls lodge. We signed as thru hikers #1187 and 1188. We drove up a potholed forest service road with Ma and Pa Heiser to the parking lot that’s about 0.9 miles north from Springer. We backtracked the 0.9 miles to the Springer summit, snapped a few pics,\u00a0 then turned around and began the enormous journey to Katahdin in Maine. <\/p>\n

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Blaze #1<\/p>\n

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It felt great to be headed in the right direction. The day was mostly uneventful with a few minor climbs. The scenery is pretty cool but not that different from PA. Thankfully it’s not rocky like PA though.<\/p>\n

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We did about 12.3 miles plus the extra .9 from the backtracking and called it a day fairly early, around 6pm or so. We saw a bunch of other thru hikers today, but not as many as we thought we’d see. There was a little older lady thru hiking who we briefly chatted with who was hauling probably 50 or 60 lbs of packweight that we zoomed by. I really hope she makes it. <\/p>\n

It’s pretty cold and windy in camp tonight, so hopefully we stay warm enough. No cell or data signal here so I’ll have to upload this later.<\/p>\n

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