{"id":3404,"date":"2024-03-08T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/day-2-southern-terminus-gadfly\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:27:52","slug":"day-2-southern-terminus-gadfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/day-2-southern-terminus-gadfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: Southern Terminus \/ Gadfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting Point: Campsite (-4.4)<\/p>\n

Ending Point: Hawk Mountain Campsite (7.4)<\/div>\n
Total Miles: 11.8 (4.4 Bonus Miles)<\/div>\n
Steps: 32,486<\/div>\n
Achievements: *** Southern Terminus ***<\/div>\n
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I woke up after a cold wet day to a clear sky.  I packed up my wet gear and made my way.  My quest was to make mile 7.4 so that I would have Internet for some remaining business back home.<\/div>\n
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I stopped at mile -5.1 to find some water, which I did.<\/div>\n
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I did not get hurt before actually getting on the AT.  I ran into a few people who were revaluating their life decisions.  The approach trail is a microcosm of the entire AT and no joke.<\/div>\n
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At the top we signed in and ran into Wally who was picked up with me by Ronnie Brown.  We enjoyed a nice laid back downward graded hike for four miles.<\/div>\n
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Eventually I met up with Crow, a fellow Presbyterian who was eating lunch.  He is older, hiking with his friend, and having a faith journey.  I certainly know about that.<\/div>\n
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I told Jason and Wally that I would catch up with them, and hiked with Crow.<\/div>\n
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Eventually, the downward graded trail ended and we were back to the climb.  It was a gentle climb, but my quads were having none of that.  They were tied in knots and no amount of electrolytes were going to make them happy.  This was a problem on the PCT early on as well.  I should have just rested, but I was on the clock.  I’d hike 20 streps and have to rest.  Fortunately, Crow up game is also weak.<\/div>\n
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I made it to Hawk Mountain Campsite, did my call, and had a big dinner.  A tough day, but a good one.  Tomorrow, we have rain again, but I have friends to hike it with.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starting Point: Campsite (-4.4) Ending Point: Hawk Mountain Campsite (7.4) Total Miles: 11.8 (4.4 Bonus Miles) Steps: 32,486 Achievements: *** Southern Terminus *** I woke up after a cold wet day to a clear sky.  I packed up my wet gear and made my way.  My quest was to make mile 7.4 so that I … Continue reading Day 2: Southern Terminus \/ Gadfly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","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=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3405,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions\/3405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}