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Sunday, April 28, 2019

Week 28 – Clingmans Dome (#58) and Nettle Creek Bald (#59)

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It was April 22, 2019, the day after Easter Sunday.  My hiking companion was Dave KE4EA.  The second visit to Clingman’s Dome has long been ...

Week 27 – No Activations Because of Severe Weather

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I spent the early part of the week vacationing with my wife and parents in Kentucky.  I had planned on doing Big Butt W4C/CM-009 with Dean K...

Week 26 – Doubletop Mountain (#56) and Snaggy Bald (#57)

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It was April 10, 2019.   Both mountains shared the same starting point which was on gated Forest Service Road 4652 (seasonally accessible be...

Week 25 Part 2 – Craggy Dome (#55)

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It was April 3, 2019.  It had been in the 60’s and foliage was exploding in the lower valleys. One more week and the same would happen in th...

Week 25 – Part 1 – Bunches Bald (#54)

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It was April 2nd.  Several have just activated Bunches Bald W4C/WM-013, and among them K2JB on March 30, and Tom W1PTS on March 31, to get t...

Week 24 Part 2 – Cove Mountain (#52), Greentop (#53)

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It was March 29, 2019.  Today was intended to be a tripleheader with Cove Mountain W4T/SU-042 as the lead-off followed by Greentop W4C/SU-07...

Week 24 Part 1 - Huckleberry Knob (#50), Barnett Knob (#51)

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Huckleberry Knob is one of those iconic hikes in the western Carolinas.    It was picked along with its intended pair – Stratton Bald beca...

Week 23 Part 3 – Another Attempt at Reaching the Summit of Mt. Hardy (#49)

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My woes at Mt. Hardy garnered some sympathizers willing to help to find the trail that leads up to the summit – among them Joel Shannon KC...

Week 23 – Part 2 – Mount Pisgah (#48)

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Mount Pisgah is only an hour away from where I live.   I decided to activate it while the weather was good.    It was 1 PM on March 19 as ...

Week 23 – Perfect Day – Glassy Mtn (#44), Wildcat Mtn (#46), Brasstown Bald (#47) Triple

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It was March 18 and a perfect ending to a picture perfect day – Dave KE4EA and I operated from Brasstown Bald W4G/NG-001 culminating a tri...
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...