Slightly cooler weather today, which was helpful. I was sweating before I reached Laurel Falls at the end of the windless gorge!
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| Laurel Falls |
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| Railroad cut? |
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| Bear scratch |
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| Laurel Gorge |
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| Dead copperheads (top of photo) |
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| Moreland Gap Falls from the top |
Eight hours, 3900’ up, 4500’ down, and I found Moreland Gap shelter waiting at the bottom of the hill. Three women who I met on the trail earlier also stopped here for the night, made for a chatty crowd.
Some hiker who stayed last night left the bodies of two copperheads he had killed lying in front of the shelter.
The women were not impressed. One of them picked up a shovel, scooped up the bodies, and tossed them into the woods while muttering imprecations against people who don't clean up their messes ... dead snake bodies, definitely a violation of Leave No Trace protocols.
Fortunately, everyone was tired and observed hikers’ midnight early.
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