Buck30 - Appalachian Trail Journal - 2009
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Brian (Buck-30)
Begins: Mar 18, 2009
Direction: Southbound
Daily Summary
Date: Fri, Nov 1st, 2013
Start: Jim and Molly Denton shelter
End: Front Royal
Daily Distance: 5
Trip Distance: 2,179.5
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AT Part 2, Day 73
It didn't seem to rain much at all overnight although it did get pretty windy. It was worth staying in the shelter and when I woke at daybreak it seemed like I might get away without getting wet. I started walking at 7:30 and at 7:33 heard this loud noise coming my way and got a torrential downpour! Just as well since if I was still in the shelter it would have been hard to start hiking. It was warm out and this way I was getting done. The rain only lasted like 7 minutes but easily soaked me. My Golite raincoat only pretends to be waterproof. It was an easy 5 miles to Hwy 522 which was where I left off in 2009. And that was it. A second completion of the AT. Not walking 20 miles a day will feel weird. I feel really good these days and it's always bittersweet to finish a hike.