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Gastrointestinal tip from intrepidDan. I hope you enjoyed it the camera's falling! OH GA!
Well at least nobody was around to see that! I can't believe they let me out
here on the trail. This is ridiculous.
Okay guys this is Dan with intrepidDan and we are at Clingmans Dome starting off
headed to the north side of the Smokies and as you can see it's a little bit
different day out here today cloudy lots of moisture in the air. We're not gonna
go to Clingmans Dome because the views were much better up there when we left the
other day so we're just gonna head on out and head out cutting up the trail
heading north see you down the trail!
This is the trail that I just came up coming northbound between Clingmans Dome
and Newfound Gap but check this out here. These uprooted trees are massive and the
route intricacy at the base when you're looking underneath them is just
incredible to see. Well guys I don't know if you can see through the trees there,
but it is starting to clear up just a tad. This is my makeshift tripod
here it's not working really well...there we go. So guys I want to grab some water
this is kind of in the category of this is the most disgusting water I've had so
far. I don't know if you can see the color on that? Ya can't see through
it. It's brown. I put some propel fluid down there and some
Mio drops umm Dasani drops actually. If this has any nasty taste to it hopefully
that will at least cover it up. Using my Katadyn water filter which by the way I
know that everybody's out everybody off here's carrying Sawyer's... I love this thing.
I loved it until now. The water looks like it's kind of clear though coming
out of it so that's a good sign. There's so much crap in this water.
It's just forcing it to go slow. Okay guys this is gonna take a while I'm
turning the video off.
Definitely glad cleared up!
Up there! Blue skies and sunshine!
[MUSIC]
Here's a hiker tip for ya! Don't put blackberries and raspberries in grape bags because
they have holes in them
[MUSIC]
Well guys I know I'm getting close to Newfound Gap for couple reasons.
I hear cars above me and here's like a big honkin' retaining wall! Bet'cha
Newfound Gap is right up there!
[MUSIC]
Aright guys we made it! WOO HOO!
So on today's trek so far we have passed the 200 mile mark. I didn't film it
because this is kind of a special area for me this is where I first got the
dream to do the Appalachian Trail. So this little sign right here is what got me
thinking about Mount Katahdin, Maine and the Appalachian Trail. So this is where it
all started probably 35-40 years ago. I'd be up here playing on the rocks playing
on the stairs going up there sitting on the ledge standing on the ledge.
I remember seeing that sign walking up the trail couple hundred feet being sternly
told by my mother to get back here. So this is where it all began.
Kind of a sentimental day. 200 miles and I feel like guy have come home.
And the great ladies that I just took a picture of that you'll see have set up
they set up trail magic here once every year and this is one of the folks
that's responsible for it. Tell us a little bit about where you're from and what you do.
We are a widows group we're called Noah's Ark Ministry and we one of
our members husband died on the trail and so she was doing this and his memory.
And when she shared it with our group we said we want to do that so we've been
doing it for five years. We come up one weekend a month and I mean one weekend a
year in April and just are so blessed. Oh that's great!
Well thank you so much for what you're doing for hikers. SURE! Oh, thank you.
We wish you Godspeed and have a great trip! Thank you that's so great, again
you'll hear me say it time and time again...the amazing thing about the trail
the the views...what you see behind me that's stunningly amazing they're
gorgeous!
The most amazing thing about the trail is the people.
Okay guys we are on the verge of completing our hike for the day all the
way from Clingmans Dome through Newfound Gap and we are headed to Icewater
Spring Shelter. We have 1.3 miles to go. We already come 1.7 from Newfound Gap
then I don't know how many from up at Clingmans Dome but at any rate we are
headed that-a-way!
Thanks for joining us. And we'll see you on the trail!