Post 900 Hike #9: Middle Prong, Greenbrier Ridge, AT, Miry Ridge, Lynn Camp & Middle Prongs

Met Bob Bolinger at the Townsend Y at 08:30. We proceeded in his vehicle the short distance to Tremont, and then took a gravel road to the Middle Prong trailhead.

We started on Middle Prong at 08:45 and finished its first 2.3 miles at 09:31; we finished the remaining 1.8 miles at 10:11. I finished the 4.2 miles of Greenbrier at 11:44; I pushed at the end because it was getting very monotonous. At Greenbrier’s junction with the AT we ate lunch.

At 12:10 we proceeded on the AT; we finished this 2.4 mile section at 13:09 and then proceeded on the 2.5 miles section of Miry Ridge and finished it at 14:18. (In the latter stretch I had a stomach problem; although it slowed us down, it was resolved.) We then attacked the 3.7 mile section of Lynn Camp Prong Trail and finished it in 1 hr. 15 min. We then redid the 4.1 miles of Middle Prong Trail and reached Bob’s vehicle at 17:00 (1 hr. 27 min.) for this section. Thus even though we were a little tired, we did not slow down too much.

This was a very good day! Of the 21 miles hiked, all but the 2.4 mile section of the AT were new miles for Bob.