Thursday, March 31, 2011

Came Across U-Haul on the Trail

On my way to Davenport Gap out of Gatlinburg ran into a thru-hiker called U-Haul. He started on the trail on Feb 5th with an Army surplus pack loaded up with 90lbs of gear! He has like a four man tent, a sleeping bag for two and all sorts of food. His gear was strapped all over the pack, reaching down to his ankles. Moving very slow, and as such, even though he had all this gear and food, he had no fuel. So at the shelter (Tri Corner Nnob) he was trying to start a fire to cook his meal (very wet). Finn was kind enough to share his fuel so he could cook up a meal. Obviously, U-Haul was not completely together but have to hand it to him for being persistent!

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