This was a really hard day. We started early to tackle the biggest hills on the rollercoaster. We had sweat dripping off our noses at 7.30am. What a work out! We had 8 climbs of about 500' each and 8 descents. We stopped a the Bears Den Hostel around lunchtime and we drank 2 cans of mountain dew soft drink each and ate 1 pint of vanilla ice-cream, the brand in the US is called Ben and Gerry. We also meet 'Wolfpack' a married couple from Germany at the hostel.
There are storms brewing all afternoon bu no rain. It is a really exhausting hike which seems to never end. We reach the turn off to the ATC Hut - it says 10 minutes - but it is all down - steep steep descent in zig zag track for about 25 minutes. I get crankier and crankier as I think of all that effort it will take to reclimb this track back to the AT tomorrow morning.
We arrive at the hostel and the warden looks at me and says ' you look really cranky!' - which I was! and realised that I had to get over it and enjoy what was on offer. The warden cooked up a magnificent meal, and they sent a car off to get wine. We reconnected with Scatters, LiftnStep and Spoonz, and enjoyed a hot solar shower. Good company, good food, good wine and a good sleep. What more could you ask? A gentler trail!
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