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| Digby thinks this is a violet |
A long hard day, with a killer climb straight up to the knoll - from Stecoah Gap there is 700' of climbing after 'Sweetwater Gap', and it nearly killed my ankle being bent at such an extreme angle on the slope. This climb would remain as one of the steepest on the whole trail.
We meet 2 elderly ladies, hiking in their late 60s, and doing a thru hike - 'Convinced' and 'Breathless', and quite a few single male hikers that we call 'lone wolves' as they are moving very fast and never stop to talk.
When we arrive at Cable Gap Shelter it is very crowded, lots of tents and no flat spots left. Turtle arrives and so does Mr T. As the evening progresses, more and more hikers roll in. One young couple rest for half an hour and then depart to walk another couple of hours.
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| Cable Gap campsite - I am waving from the front tent. Shelter is in the background. |
This is a significant night - we meet Kindling, and Paradise, two single men who cross our paths for the next month, and become good friends. Stickbuilt and Taterchip also camp here with us but they arrive so late and leave so early that we do not meet them, for another few days.
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