https://www.newstimes.com/news/artic...n-17395900.php
Not many details here, maybe more info will be forthcoming on other sites.
https://www.newstimes.com/news/artic...n-17395900.php
Not many details here, maybe more info will be forthcoming on other sites.
Not the toughest area for a carry on the AT but definitely not easy.
The Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter ~ Cam "Swami" Honan of OZ
Apparently the hiker was female, and suffered a broken ankle.
https://wlad.com/local-headlines/644063
Ugh, I can sympathize (from personal experience). Wishing her an uneventful recovery and a return to the trail after that.
Hope all is safe, North of Salisbury is some tough hiking as the nobo perspective goes....
Trail Miles: 4,992.0
AT Map 1: Completed 13-21'
Sheltowee Trace: Completed 20-23'
Pinhoti Trail: Completed 23-24'
Foothills Trail: 47.9
GSMNP900: 134.7(16.8%)
AT Map 2: 279.4
BMT: 52.7
CDT: 85.4
That section isn't very tough as far as being strenuous by A.T. standards, but sections around Kent intermittently have "one wrong step can end your hike" Pennsylvania style rock fields that catch a lot of people off guard.
That said, there was also a major reroute in that area that was completed a year or two ago and I haven't had a chance to hike that new section yet, so for all I know there could be new challenges in that area.
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The Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter ~ Cam "Swami" Honan of OZ