Clean your orifice
Too much weight,
too much bulk
Ready to roll at trailhead
First water source on trail
Photo by Larry Kemmerlin
Making Giardia cocktail
Photo by Larry Kemmerlin
How much further?
Pitching tent at Deep Gap
Dusk at Deep Gap
 
Sweet kitchen at Deep Gap
Photo by Larry Kemmerlin
Clean water source on the way
to Cold Mountain
End of trail, Cold Mountain, NC
Best seat in the house for lunch
on Cold Mountain
Lunch on Cold Mountain
Photo by Larry Kemmerlin
Top of Cold Mountain
Photo by Larry Kemmerlin
Looking north from top
Photo by Larry Kemmerlin
Deep Gap; heavily used campsite
Bad hair hike
Cold Mountain Shining Rock Wilderness Area
 
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This trip was in December 2005, and Larry Kemmerlin was my companion for the weekend. Trailhead was at Daniel Boone camp. From there, we hiked to Deep Gap and the next day to Cold Mountain. Although well used, Deep Gap provides a great place to camp if you are beat to a pulp once you reach the saddle. There is no water at Deep Gap. Hiking further up the trail to the summit of Cold Mountain will bring you to a clean water source right on the trail. Deep Gap is a good place to camp since you are right between two very scenic places: Cold Mountain and the Narrows. Both places are not to be missed. We carried way too much junk for this trip. My pack weighed in around 60 lbs, plus photo gear and tripod. Following this trip, my goal became 40 lbs or less for the pack.
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