The Carolinas

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Never trust a South Carolinian with bbq sauce.

 

[ethan]

Fantastic!! That is a toad of a brookie!!

 

[mvmnts]

Stunning photos. My mom recently moved to TN, pretty close to Gatlinburg. I really want to check out this area, I love the view. The only thing I've been on like this is Max Patch. Is that the Kifaru super tarp? How do you like it?

 

[Jauwater]

Stunning photos. My mom recently moved to TN, pretty close to Gatlinburg. I really want to check out this area, I love the view. The only thing I've been on like this is Max Patch. Is that the Kifaru super tarp? How do you like it?

Yea the Supertarp is sweet. Pretty roomy. I'm not a huge fan of how the fabric sags, but a tarp & stove in freezing temps is the beez kneez. Overall I'm more of a sleep under the stars kind of guy. But heated shelters have their time, and place in my adventures. Look me up on here when ya do, and I'll do my best to hit the woods with ya. That goes for anybody in the area. I'm always in the woods.

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[Agross]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing. Wish I had scenery like that around me.

 

[timekiller13]

Awesome pics. You were in my backyard. I spend a significant amount of time every year hiking in the Pisgah and Stone Mountain. Do a little hunting on Thurmond Chatham game land of which a portion connects to Stone Mountain. People don't realize that the Appalachian mountains can be as rugged and remote as many areas out west. We just don't have the elevation to contend with. And the weather can be brutal. I was hiking in the Pisgah along the Black Mountain Range back in 2004 and got 18" of snow dumped on me... in May.

 

[Jauwater]

Awesome pics. You were in my backyard. I spend a significant amount of time every year hiking in the Pisgah and Stone Mountain. Do a little hunting on Thurmond Chatham game land of which a portion connects to Stone Mountain. People don't realize that the Appalachian mountains can be as rugged and remote as many areas out west. We just don't have the elevation to contend with. And the weather can be brutal. I was hiking in the Pisgah along the Black Mountain Range back in 2004 and got 18" of snow dumped on me... in May.

Our weather here is hard to explain. Kind of an on going joke in the Carolinas is that you can experience rain, sleet, hail, snow, 50+mph winds, freezing temps, and shorts & sunglass weather all in one day. All that is all too true all year round 3500 ft, and above. Once on an over nighter on the Black Mountain Crest Trail it dropped 3" of snow over night in mid May. I was in shorts, and T-shirt with no shelter over then my sleeping bag, and Goretex bag bivy. The weather is completely unpredictable here around 6500ft.

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[Jauwater]

I've heard stories from people who got caught up in those bad snow storms in the summer months. Sounds like an experience for sure.

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