Saturday, July 9, 2011

Day 39 - Ed & the Captain

June 23 - Rice Field Shelter to Bailey Gap Shelter - 16.4 miles

Fairly early day today, only doing 16.4. We originally planned on a 25.2 day but with the pounds of baked goods we decided to cut it back.

Met Ed today. Ed is an iconic figure out here. He has hiked 50,000 miles... that's a lot of walking. When we asked Ed about his hiking endeavors he told us "I took the 90s off to hike."

Zip-lined across a river to the Captain's house. Apparently this man built a zip-line from the A.T. across the river directly into his backyard. Once across we saw a sign that said "Cold, yes cold drinks. Help yourself." So we ventured to his back porch and found the minicooler with sodas. Unfortunately the Captain was not home so we did not get to meet him.


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