One Hundred Steps at a Time - My Appalachian Trail Adventure: October 2015

October 25, 2015 Ed Garvey Shelter to Harper's Ferry

Picture of the day

Pink Hat

AT Total to date:
Rockfish Gap, VA to I70 Footbridge-US40, MD 184.1 out of 2189.2 miles (8.4%)

This Report:
Ed Garvey Shelter to Harper's Ferry

GPS track of this trip

Ed Garvey Shelter

Water under my sleeping pad after the rain

Pink Hat spread out a space blanket to capture rain water, she gave me half and saved me a 1 mile round trip to the spring.

Sleeping Loft in Ed Garvey Shelter

Sleeping Platform in Ed Garvey Shelter

Ed Garvey Shelter

Potomac River from the AT side Trail near Harper's Ferry

Turtle

C&O Canal Path

Potomac River

Steps from C&O canal to bridge over to Harper's Ferry

Bridge from C&O canal to bridge over to Harper's Ferry

Iconic Church in Harper's Ferry

One of the hardest part of the hike was hiking thru Harper's Ferry on a Sunday, all the restaurants were open and the smell was drifting thru the streets driving me nuts. I was waiting to meet Pat for lunch and did not want to eat until then. People were walking around eating large ice cream cones with double scoops of chocolate.

Steps to to the top of the Hill in Harper's Ferry

The final mile from Harper's Ferry to the Route 340 Bridge was a challenge, I was tired and hungry and trying to make a 2:30 date to meet Pat there. Pat and I drove to the tractor store and bought me a clean t-shirt then went to a sports restaurant for burgers and to watch the Red Skins Game. They Won!

October 24, 2015 MD I70 to Ed Garvey Shelter

Picture of the day

War correspondents memorial

AT Total to date:
Rockfish Gap, VA to I70 Footbridge-US40, MD 184.1 out of 2189.2 miles (8.4%)

This Report:
I70 Footbridge-US40, MD to Ed Garvey Shelter

I snuck away for a 3 day weekend and completed another small section of the AT. This will probably be my last overnight-er until spring.

I'm still having problems controlling my body when really tired and fed at the end of the day. I start painfully shivering. Probably the worst pain I've felt. It's really hard to bare and to describe.

Friday night I stayed at the rocky run shelter and when i got up to pee I immediately started shivering but two guys had kept the fire going by the shelter and I toasted myself until I stop shivering. I was only wearing a coat over my tee shirt and boxers. The three of us stayed by the fire for almost an hour talking. After that I was fine and the shivering didn't reoccur. The guys told me to tell Pat not to worry because the two of them had kept me warm :)

Saturday I stayed at the Ed Garvey shelter in my tent. A troop of boy scouts were there and while sitting by the fire I enjoyed remembering my days as a scout. I also talked with a 70yo woman that is hiking the AT in several long trips....amazing.

Later in my tent, I had some shivering try to start again but very minor since I planned for it by getting into bed and eating dinner from there then never getting up all night.

Sunday I'll hike to Harper's Ferry where Pat will pick me up.

I can't really control the order of the pictures below with the app. I'm using....