May 12 - Sunny and a Blizzard

Post date: May 13, 2012 1:26:34 AM

"Austin" and "Five Pair" headed toward Pearisburg, Virginia, upon leaving the Wood’s Hole Hostel with the intent of restocking and eating and accomplished both when arriving in Pearisburg with a Dairy Queen being the food location and an Oreo Blizzard being on the must-do menu for "Five Pair".

After eating and restocking the hikers headed out of Pearisburg and hiked upward 1,800 feet in elevation over the next 2½ miles to a ridgeline and onward to the Rice Field Shelter on a bald along the Virginia and West Virginia border.

The hikers met "Acid Glasses" from Columbus, Ohio, along their hike today.

After 17.2 miles, the hikers found their way into the Rice Field Shelter rather than tenting it as the weather report shows the chance or rain increasing throughout the night with the chance of rain being 100% later tomorrow.

636.6 miles complete/1,564.3 miles to go