{"id":3177,"date":"2024-03-11T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T23:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/11\/day-6-lets-climb-four-mountains\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:23:12","slug":"day-6-lets-climb-four-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/11\/day-6-lets-climb-four-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6: Let’s Climb Four Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"
Starting Point: Neel’s Gap (31.3)<\/div>\n
Ending Point: Low Gap Shelter (43.0)<\/div>\n
Total Miles: 11.7 miles<\/div>\n
Steps: 32,472<\/div>\n
Achievements: Levelland Mountain, Wolf Laurel, Cowrock Mountain, Sheep Rock Top<\/div>\n
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We were woken up unexpectedly at 5 a.m. to the fire alarms going off.  There were ten of us in the room, nine men and one woman.  I looked over at Blaze, a retired firefighter.  He was sniffing the air and not panicking.  It was a false alarm.<\/div>\n
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It was extremely cold, so Dunkeroo and I didn’t leave until almost 8 a.m.  We said goodbye to Big Tuna.  He is a section hiker and his leave is ending.  I also wanted a picture of the tree at Neel’s Gap.  These are the shoes of those who have given up.<\/div>\n
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Our target for the day was ambitious.  11.7 miles, but also I included four large climbs.  After eating a whole pizza and two liters of Ginger Ale, I felt a spring in my step again.  The views were excellent for a change <\/div>\n
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We had a great hiking day.  I didn’t struggle, even the last climb.<\/div>\n

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This camp seems to be filled with people who have hiked very little.  We’ll be moving on.  We’re looking at another 11 mile day.<\/div>\n
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Starting Point: Neel’s Gap (31.3) Ending Point: Low Gap Shelter (43.0) Total Miles: 11.7 miles Steps: 32,472 Achievements: Levelland Mountain, Wolf Laurel, Cowrock Mountain, Sheep Rock Top We were woken up unexpectedly at 5 a.m. to the fire alarms going off.  There were ten of us in the room, nine men and one woman.  I … Continue reading Day 6: Let’s Climb Four Mountains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3183,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177\/revisions\/3183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}