AT Thru Hike May 31- June 4

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31 May: Hiked 24+miles to a stream near Dennis Cove Trailhead.

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Redbull

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The 400 mile point
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Another point with the 400 mile mark, this time my scraped shin is included

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1 June: Hiked 15.8 miles to 1.7 miles South of Vandeventer Shelter.

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Redbull walking along the Watauga Lake Dam
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Redbull’s tent

2 June: Hiked 24.4 miles to Abingdon Gap Shelter. Snake a few minutes into hike. Hiked for several hours in the night with Pelle, a recent civil engineering graduate student.

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A rattlesnake just a few minutes into my hike
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A monument to a hermit…the lower engraving states “lived alone, suffered alone, and died alone.”

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3 June: Hiked 10+ miles to Damascus, VS.

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Virginia!
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Damascus, VA

4 June: Zero day in Damascus.

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