{"id":88,"date":"2016-03-11T04:09:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T12:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calumjohnson.org\/?p=88"},"modified":"2016-03-11T18:04:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T02:04:50","slug":"my-first-long-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calumjohnson.org\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"My First Long Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

So yesterday I decided to push on to Neels Gap. It was a long day, just under 16 miles, and so far I’m glad with how I feel. Soreness, but no pain. Being 20 certainly has its perks. One thing that made the day particularly challenging was climbing over Blood Mountain. It was a gradual enough of an climb, but the descent was pretty rough. I think that’s why everyone’s knees hurt. Here’s the view from the top:<\/p>\n

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\nAnother reason to push was the new bear canister requirement section covering 6 miles before Neels. Hardly anyone uses bear cans who is\u00a0thru-hiking, so the camp before that gets extremely over populated. That wasn’t too appealing to me, so I just skipped it.<\/p>\n

Over the next few days rain is expected, but thankfully it won’t be too cold. My next planned re-supply is going to be in Hiawassee, about three days from now.<\/p>\n

Here’s another photo that gives a sense of what hiking here in the morning is like.<\/p>\n

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\nAll right, well I’ll probably talk to you guys again in Hiawassee.<\/p>\n

-Orion<\/p>\n

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So yesterday I decided to push on to Neels Gap. It was a long day, just under 16 miles, and so far I’m glad with how I feel. Soreness, but no pain. Being 20 certainly has its perks. One thing that made the day particularly challenging was climbing over Blood Mountain. It was a gradual … <\/p>\n

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