Post 900 Hike 148: Mt. Cammerer

Today's hike was very special; our son Kirk from Johns Creek GA drove up Sunday evening (without his wife and daughters) in order to hike with me. Although years ago he and I went X-C skiing together on numerous occasions, I was not into hiking in his formative years. The hike that I chose for us to do was Mt. Cammerer; some might say that is a corker but he is a competitive tennis player in his early 40's and I knew that he could do it. Unfortunately I forgot my camera but fortunately he had his telephone and got some very good photos.

The first picture is obviously the 1937 structure; the second picture is Kirk on it. The third picture shows I-40 in the background from this vantage point and the fourth picture is one that he shot while we were descending the Mt. Cammerer Trail.









It was a lovely day for a hike and I believe that Kirk thoroughly enjoyed it and will want to hike with me again. I asked him to drive my Outback home in order that I could ice my knee and stretch my neck. Although I have accepted the fact that I will always have neck symptomatology because of my January accident, I am so thankful that in the two hikes done after resuming hiking after a 2-month lay-off I have not needed to deal with pain.

GPS Data: 11.4 mi., 2.5 mph moving average speed, 3,111 feet total ascent, and 5,064 feet maximum elevation attained.