Story time #5

Blood mountain. Do I need to say more? Indeed I do. There is a 7 mile stretch that goes up and over Blood Mountain that you need a bear canister to stay at the shelter on Blood Mountain and in those 7 miles.

Between Gooch Mountain Shelter I did that section in two days doing 3.5/4 miles each day and got my self close enough to the beginning of the bear canister stretch. And then did the stretch in one go.

Going up was steep and little hard going but it wasn’t has bad going down the north side of the mountain. Oi.

The two miles down from the top to Neils Gap goes from rock slabs to dirt and back again. There was at one point that I was about 1.5 miles from Neils Gap where my foot slipped right out from under me and I just sat down. It happen so fast I didn’t have time to process of what happen. There where couple day hikers behind me that saw what happened and they told me to take my time.

I took my time after that and it didn’t really help my unsure footedness and confidence at all. That “What the…….?” Moment shook me up and took me awhile for it to sink in and get over it. At last I made it to Neils Gap with still goodly amount to daylight to set up my tent.