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Friday, March 15, 2019

W4C/WM-010 Steestachee and W4C/WM-004 Waterrock Knob

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Proceeding from Mt. Hardy on March 13, I arrived at the Grassy Ridge Mine Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.   I read the notes from Dean K...

Mount Hardy Fail

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It was March 13 and still week 9.   It was bound to happen sooner or later.   It was perhaps my inexperience, or maybe just bad luck, or jus...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Max Patch Mountain and Snowbird Mountain Doubleheader

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It was Monday morning March 11, after the “spring forward” time change.   Feeling a bit disconnected and lacking the hour of sleep, I woke u...
Friday, March 8, 2019

Activation of Mt. Mitchell W4C/CM-001 and Green Knob W4C/CM-020

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The activations took place on March 7, 2019. The Craggy Gardens section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville had been closed all winte...

Solo Activation of Big Bald W4C/WM-046

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I did Bald Knob, as a solo activation, on Tuesday March 5.   It is a nice gentle hike with 200m (660 feet) elevation gain over 3.2 km (2 mil...
Friday, March 1, 2019

High Rock Activation W4T/SU-010

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The activation took place on February 27.   It was still week 9 and I needed to make up for not having activated Grassy Ridge Bald.   I stil...

Grassy Ridge Bald Busted Triple

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This all took place on February 25.   Grassy Ridge Bald shares the same trail head as Roan High Knob.  Getting to the Grassy Ridge Bald trai...

Lane Pinnacle Triple

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On February 18, KW4JM and I hiked Lane Pinnacle.  We met at Craven Gap and then drove to the Lane Pinnacle Trailhead at Potato Fields pullou...

Valentines Day Quadruple Activation

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The thought of doing a quadruple entered my mind when I realized it was one of those weeks in the winter where the only sunny day is expect...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Siler Bald - Wesser Bald Doubleheader

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After two failed attempts at Siler Bald, we (Scott and I) finally made it on February 7, 2019.   The 1st was last year - during an attempted...