VIDEO: Medicine Man & Ninja Hit The Highlands

[medicineman03]

This last weekend my sidekick Ninja and I took a little jaunt on the Appalachian Trail in the Roan Highlands. This was one of my favorite sections from when I thru-hiked.

The weather was perfect for gear testing (rain, wind, cold).

We headed out from ATL Friday mourning and made it to Mountain Harbour B&B in Roan Mtn, TN at 3:30. We took the $55 shuttle to Iron Mtn Gap and hiked 4 miles to Greasy Creek Gap. We didn't see a soul on the trail until we got to camp and had a thru-hiking neighbor.

Saturday we woke up to rain and hiked 18miles up and over Roan Mtn to Overmountain Shelter. Saw 6 or so hikers on the trail and probably 20-30 bedded down when we arrived at Overmountain. We were the only hammockers besides the one ENO that was setup under the shelter.

We finished off Sunday with a 8 mile hike in the clouds over the balds.

Our newly made synthetic TQ's and UQ's performed better than expected. I was thinking they'd only be good to 40, but they took us into the 30's and we both still had to remove some clothing layers. I believe it being a humid cold helped us out. We had very little condensation due to the heavy consistent wind.
Our newly made hammocks performed equally as well. The overcovers are a nice touch.

All and all a wonderfully successful weekend, and another epic trip in the books.


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[Xtrm tj]

Looks like yall had a great trip. How did you gear hold up?

Thanks for taking us along!

[medicineman03]

It was an awesome trip! All the new gear held up great and performed beautifully. Thanks!

[JSH]

Thanks for the trip. Several of us are planning the same hike the last weekend in May. They've hiked this trail, I haven't yet. Thanks for giving me a glimpse of the terrain and what's waiting. The balds look to be terrific.

[medicineman03]

Glad you enjoyed and found it insightful. This really is a great section. I don't think this will be my last visit.

[Shug]

Nice to see the Roan again. Been awhile since I have gotten to ramble it. Ya'll looked to have a good time. Jaunty hiking cap. Hammock coma.
Shug

[Vibes.]

Great video. I'll have to put Roan on the list of sections I need to do!

[medicineman03]

Thanks fellers! Makes me giddy that I could take you back to Roan Shugro. Perhaps you and Hickery could take a jaunt through there and show us how the lords of lolligag do it. Not a bad hiking cap for a Wally World $7 special, and out of the women's section to boot eh? Hammock comma at it's finest. I always get my best sleep hang'n in the woods.