022310, 6AM, Day 4: Our watch alarms sound @6. Daybreak is nearing. Time to break camp, fill our bottles, have a Via, and plot our course. With plenty of sunlight, we can see how to avoid the thickest patches and travel the safest route down the mountain. The downside? The slopes are steep, ground is
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022210, 2AM, Day 3 Part 2: Just moments ago Search and Rescue told us we were on our own. So much for being airlifted on a chopper. Wonder if we’d have to pay for an air rescue. Nah, I pay taxes. Not that it matters though cuz we’s walkin’ outta dis biznitch. Anyways, according to
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022210, 2AM, Day 3: Morning comes sooner than expected. @2AM rain starts pattering. @4:15AM sleet begins to accumulate. @6AM tent domes sag thanks to a fresh 5” of sleet/snow. Gracias, weatherman. All tracks are covered. The 3’ of snow is now ~3.5’. Looks like we are going to have to posthole our way down the
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022110, 6:00AM, Day 2: Sun up @6ish. Oatmeal and Via are the morning’s priorities. I strike my tent and fill up the water–not sure how long the creek will follow us up the mountain. By 7, Coop and 14 wake up and join me at the pit. Photo ops take up a few minutes after
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In November, I was held captive by a Yeti. Three months later I was pulled from a western Carolina cave, rescued by a group of volunteers who had seen Missing Hikers. With one of our buddies still lost in the wild I had to act fast. Last weekend, Scott Caper and I geared up, tuned
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On November 28, 2009, Ransome Cullman, Scott Caper, Will Singles and Christ Dunst headed to Damascus, VA for a two-day hike through Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. The four experienced hikers traveled through the Blue Ridge Highlands and on the Appalachian Trail (AT), but only two would return home. Around 11AM on Nov. 29, after
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