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Lost on Shining Rock: Day Four
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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Lost on Shining Rock: Day Three Part 2
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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Lost on Shining Rock: Day Three Part 1
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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Lost on Shining Rock: Day Two
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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Lost on Shining Rock: Day One
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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