http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Virginia/George-Washington-Nat--Forest/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Virginia , George Washington Nat Forest en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:41:01 BST Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:41:01 BST Basically what the title said........ http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Virginia/George-Washington-Nat--Forest/blog-328363.html We were halfway up Hankey Mountain and I was gaining on Liz as she mashed up the hill in her granny gear. I on the other hand was in walking gear pushing my singlespeed Gary Fisher Rig up the mountain. As I squeezed my helmet against my head with one hand and watched the sweat drip out of my helmet pads I remembered what one singlespeed blogger had posted ldquoI ride singlespeed becaus http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Virginia/George-Washington-Nat--Forest/blog-185150.html 10.5 miles today should have been 9.5 but a trail relocation added one extra mile. We haven't said much about any other hikers or flowers or trail conditions so I'll try to catch you up. We see between three and a dozen northbound hikers every day. Most started in late January to early March. Most are real lean when we see them and they are all moving much faster than us. They have trimmed do http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Virginia/George-Washington-Nat--Forest/blog-157233.html Happy Birthday Sis. Well it rained well into the night. The rain let up and cleared around 3AM. The moon created nice shadows on the side of the tent. Wind whistled through the pines and hardwoods all night. Our tent spot was somehow sheltered from being battered but we heard the wind all night long. Temp dropped just below 40 degrees and getting out of the bag was slow. Cold breakfast just l http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Virginia/George-Washington-Nat--Forest/blog-157216.html Wind blew last night and kept us cool. Stayed in the shelter and not the tent. We passed a youth group while climbing the Priest yesterday and they took up all the tenting spots. It was just one guy Quatro CC and I so there was plenty of room. Left the shelter at 9AM as we had planned a short miles day. We dropped down the south side of The Priest to VA826 over a knob to Cash Hollow Rd then ov http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Virginia/George-Washington-Nat--Forest/blog-157213.html Yesterday was our longest as far as miles traveled in one day. Today was the most elevation lost and gained in a single day. Started at the Maupin Field shelter ele 2720'. Dropped down into Tye River at VA Hwy56 ele 997'. Then up The Priest 4063' and down to the shelter at 3840'1946' 3066 all this over 10.4 miles. We amazed ourselves and a couple of weekend hikers. We walked past them at http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Virginia/George-Washington-Nat--Forest/blog-156897.html We will be making a change on our blogging. There will be just one for the both of us instead of individual entries. Today we got a fairly early start out of the shelter. The rain kept up most of the night and continued into today. Our record for not walking in the rain has ended. We started out at the Paul Wolf Shelter five miles from Rockfish Gap. Elevation is 1700'. We started up Humpback http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Virginia/George-Washington-Nat--Forest/blog-156895.html