Date: 2005-04-28
From: Flint Mt. Shelter

To: Low Gap
Miles today: 14.9
Weather: overcast clouds

During sleeping at the Flint Mt. Shelter. Something jumped on my sleeping bag. I assumed it was the famous, shelter mouse or some wildlife thinking I am the food. I kicked out furiously. I even don't want to know what it is. I also noticed something strange, a bit flood of water underneath my therm-a-rest and wasn't sure what it is. Later in the morning, I got up, I observed the area and realized what is going on. I believed that I rolled over my water pouch (Camelbak) and the pressure on the camelbak caused the water to squirt out between me and the hiker sleeping next to me. I believe its either the noise or the wetness that caused him to put the pouch to my another side, which caused me to think it was mouse or wildlife that bothered me earlier.   The bad thing happened is that the water indeed went in my pant, resting on the floor between therm-a-rest and the shelter floor. In the morning, I have to suffer the wet pant in the cold air! Anyway, in the morning, I got out of the shelter, I was so excited because there is NO clouds, not even ONE! There is completely BLUE and sunshine. During hiking, I crossed road and saw the beautiful stiles, (a small ladder for the hikers to cross the wired fences). I took my camera out to take a picture of this. A Maroon Ford pick up truck passed me, stopped and turned around, and there were two couples in the truck offered me wonderful trail magic! I got a bottle of coke and two cookies! About three hours later... *poof*, sun is gone! Im not joking.   Grayish-like clouds roll in FAST. I think they are waiting for me to get out of hiding place and surprise me. I hiked to Hogback Shelter, and read the register and learned that Fishin Fred already caught up with GatorAid and they were at this shelter during lunchtime and I believe they are pretty close to me. So, I decided to ignore the weather as it started to drizzling and I continue hiking up the mountain. When I hiked through the Sam's Gap and I finally caught up with GatorAid in an hour instead of two hours than I thought. GatorAid was pretty slow up hill. He signed back to me that he is old, and that I am young and I am fast and Fishin Fred is ahead of us, and I hike up the mountain, I caught up with Fishin Fred. They are planning to tent out at Low Gap. We were exchaning some news, and I learned something about my snoring problem. Fishin Fred told me that another thru-hiker named Strider, whose passed him on the trail during the afternoon. He told him that he slept in the same shelter with me at Flint Mt. and that I snore real loud enought to push him out of the shelter and tented out. I thought it was funny! Fishn Fred told him I am deaf Then, I told them I am going up to Bald Mountain Shelter because I don't want to tent out in shitty weather situation. When I was pretty close to Low Gap, my water source is running out and emptied as I arrived at Low Gap. I realized that it was too late to get to Bald Mountain Shelter and the weather was not good. I decided to camped out. Fishin Fred and Gator Aid arrived and they camped out too. I got myself naked in the tent and dried myself out. I realized I don't have any more dry clothes for me after that night. It is alarming for me.   If you are running out of dry clothes, You must get yourself in town as soon as possible or suffer hypothermia.