Im at the "standing bear hostel" tonight and glad to be out of the great smoky mountains. The views were spectacular but I suspect the mountains are made entirely of horse duky. The flies were gross and everywhere for all 70 miles where the horse trails cross the AT. I have also had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting 4 prior thru hikers so far and only one of them I can stand the company of. I have come to the belief that they just hike around now in search of the party on the mountain. Most of them are arrogant, braggarts, or trying to pimp themselves out to anyone that will have them. I like the people that are doing this for the first time and are out here for a good time. Well I should be in hot springs by Friday and will probably take a day to rest there because I rolled my ankle no less than 10 times in the smokies and there is a little tendon swelling on my left ankle.
On another note yesterday I woke up at 5am and did 2 hrs of night hiking to get to "clingmans dome" the highest point on the AT. When arriving it looked like I was on endor and expected little teddy bears to jump out and eat me. Youll understand when the pictures get posted but it was built in the 60's and looks like something in a george lucas film. The sunrise was great and a bit cold. After which I managed to finish the day with 27 miles hiked in some of the roughest terrain this side of the country. We shall see how the body holds up for the next little bit. Well Its getting dark and I need to get some sleep. Talk to you all soon. Hope you are doing well.
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Hey, Aaron, you speed-demon you. If the package isn't at Standing Bear today it should be tomorrow, unless the USPS is even slower than usual. Hot Springs should be there by Friday. I'm not sure whether you got the Fontana Dam package forwarded, so I am just sending them as previously planned, but trying to stay up with you. I'll get ahead of you eventually, by gosh! By the way, there are no flies here...and Morgan went swimming in Long Pond on Isle au Haut today (I have the pictures to prove it).
Keep on trucking, but be a little cautious of the knees.
Going, going, gone! Congrats of making the high point. That's fantastic! -Lauren
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