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Springer Mountain, AT |

Overpacked at the Start |
Benton MacKaye
envisioned the Appalachian Trail.
Springer Mountain begins the journey north. You usually carry
too much weight at the start. |

Springer Mountain, AT |

Falls on Springer Mountain, AT
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View of Springer Mountain,AT, GA
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Flame Azalea, GA, AT |
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Gooch Gap Shelter, GA, AT
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Trillium, GA, AT |
The
first shelters can be crowded. Gooch Gap can be an exception. |

Suches Post Office, Mail Drop, GA, AT
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View, GA, AT |
Mail
drops provide supplies and encouragement from home. |

Asleep on a rock |

View, GA, AT |
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View, GA, AT |

Blood Mountain, GA, AT |
Blood
Mountain is one of the first mountains going north. |

Blood Mountain, GA, AT |

Resting, Blood Mountain , GA, AT
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Shelter, Blood Mountain |

Sign for Blood Mountain |
There
is a stone shelter at the top |

Neels Gap, GA, AT |

Neels Gap Building
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Neels
Gap is the only place on the trail where it goes through a
building. |

View, GA, AT |

Snail on the Trail, GA, AT
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Fungus on the Trail |

Crossing from Georgia to North Carolina
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Your
go over 12 state boundaries. The Georgia-North Carolina one
is the first. |

Tree, NC, AT |

View, NC, AT |
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View, NC, AT |

Standing Indian Mountain, NC, AT
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Standing
Indian Mountain is a long climb, but the views are great.
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Trail to Standing Indian Mountain
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Standing Indian Mountain
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View from Standing Indian Mountain
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Sunset on Standing Indian Mountain
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Standing Indian Mountain, NC, AT
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AT Sign, NC, AT |
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View, NC, AT |

Lightweight Hikers, NC, AT
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You
may meet lightweight hikers, who carry 15 pounds or less on
a three-day hike. |

Sunset, NC, AT |

Turtle on the Trail |
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Wayah Bald, NC, AT |

Wayah Bald, NC, AT |
Balds
offer gorgeous views.
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Fungus on the Trail, NC, AT
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Fontana Lake, NC, AT |
You
pass over Fontana Dam, which forms Fontana Lake. |

Fontana Lake, NC, AT |

View from Firetower, Great Smokies, AT
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Lots
of views in the Great Smokies. |

View from Firetower, Great Smokies, AT
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Entering the Great Smokies
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The
Great Smoky National Park is the first restricted area you
enter. You need a hiking permit to stay at the shelters. |

View from the Great Smokies
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Flowers, Great Smokies, AT
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

View, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

Fungus, Great Smokies, AT
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

View, Great Smokies, AT |
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Fungus, Great Smokies, AT
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View, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

View, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

Clingman's Dome, Great Smokies, AT
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Clingman’s
Dome Ican be reached by a short hike up from a parking lot.
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

View, Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

View, Great Smokies, AT |
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Destruction, Great Smokies, ATb
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Flowers, Great Smokies, AT
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The
trees are dying in the Great Smokies. |

View, Great Smokies, AT |

Walking the LIne, Great Smokies, AT
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The
trail is on the North Carolina / Tennesses line. At points,
you can easy tumble into either state.
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

Hiker, Great Smokies, AT
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

Prepared Trail, Great Smokies, AT
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

Great Smokies, AT |
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View, Great Smokies, AT |

Fungus, Great Smokies, AT
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Mushroom, Great Smokies, AT
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Flower, Great Smokies, AT
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Max Patch, NC, AT |

Max Patch, NC, AT |
Max
Patch gives a 360 degree view. You need totake a panorama. |

Max Patch, NC, AT |

Max Patch, NC, AT |
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Max Patch, NC, AT |

View, NC, AT |
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View, NC, AT |

Flower, NC, AT |
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Roadway Crossing, NC,TN AT
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