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| Beautiful sunrise at the Fontana Dam before hiking the GSMNP |
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| Fontana Dam Island |
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| Overlooking at the bottom of the Fontana Dam |
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| The GSMNP marker beginning of the hike... |
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| Pinoy Airman holding his GSMNP permit at the AT mileage marker |
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| Pinoy Airman dropped his GSMNP permit |
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| Pinoy Airman sitting at the boulder jumble, throne-shaped rock |
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| Pinoy Airman's Tent at Mollies Ridge Shelter |
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| Mollies Ridge Shelter |
First day of the GSMNP hike.
Pinoy Airman had an excellent hike with the help of good weather.
He fixed his tent in case the shelter gets filled with sectional hikers
who have reservations. The rules state that the shelter must be filled
first before any hiker can camp outside. BTW, the permit scheme was
implemented for the first time this year and it costs twenty dollars per hiker.
Another form of revenue making by the federal government, which most
hikers believed was unfair and capricious. Some of the lands at the GSMNP
were donated by private citizens with caveat that they are for the people and
people should not be charged for using it.
Pinoy Airman thinks he
can complete the GSMNP hike within six days. Let us see what happens...
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