Hiking the Appalacian Trail

A detailed Summary of Hiking the Appalacian Trail

I remember exactly what I felt as I stepped out of the truck and into the afternoon sunlight. I was at Lehigh Gap, a drop-off point where the Appalachian Trail meets highway 873 near Lehighton. A group of friends and I were being dropped off to begin our three day journey to Eckville, another drop-off point southwest of there.

I turned to face the trail and was surprised to see quite possibly the steepest hill I had ever seen. As a matter of pure coincidence, this was the summer of 1999, the year of a terrible draught. Reservoirs were low and water-boiling advisories were in place all across the state. It was also one of the hottest summers on record. By the time we started hiking at nine o'clock, the temperature was already eighty-five degrees, and still climbing.

At first, the going was easy. The first few hundred yards of trail were shaded, and a (relatively) cool breeze was blowing. All of a sudden, the trees ended and all that lay ahead was a sun-baked rocky slope. We all decided that it would be best to take a break for rest and a drink of water while we still had shade.

It was very comfortable sitting there in the shade. I remember thinking that the area looked like something out of a painting. The way th

Those few words scribbled of a piece of paper managed to break my spirits and send me ranting. For the purposes of decency, I will refrain from writing the details of my language, but I think the reader might have some idea of what was said already. There was nothing we could do except go on, so we did.

We ended up walking the rest of the twelve miles that day without water. Our throats burned from being so dry, but we had to conserve the rest of our water so we could cook our dinner of dried Lipton noodle packets that night. By the time we got to the shelter that night, we were dead on our feet. I didn't even bother to unroll my sleeping bag this time. I just laid down in the dirt.

The trail to the second spring somewhat reminded me of the time we went through on the first day. The path down was rocky with large boulders jutting out of the hillside. At least we had shade this time. As we neared the bottom, we were greeted by the sound of running water. The second, ironically named "Yellow", spring was flowing. We filled our water bottles, rinsed off quickly with the cool water, and tramped back up the hill to camp.

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Approximate Word count = 1252
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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