Smoky Mtn Mt. Sterling trip....

[TNRonin]

Thought I would share some pics from a trip I did last spring. I busted a buddy's cherry on this one. Turns out that the distance from the big creek campground is much further than 6 miles. Maybe six miles as the crow flies, but now way walking six miles. Mt. Sterling Pics.... (http://tnrdgrnr.com/mountains/index.htm) I'm the fat guy in red, the guy that got his cherry busted is the guy in black. The guy in gray is a runner and kicked our butts!

I still haven't lived down that trip.

[brad nicholson]

why three tents? seems the heavy way to pack!!

you have some really nice shots of the clouds in the valleys...classics.

brad

[wayne-o]

you can easily see why they call them the smoke mts the way the cloud form and evaporate out of the valley, I like the pic of the "sea" of clouds as it pushed up the valley floor and just left the high points visable

[brad nicholson]

i liked those best as well, that effect never seems to lose its magic to me.

[TNRonin]

brad, everyone of us either farts excessively or snores loudly. My way-point weighs in at 2.5lbs or there abouts, the clipper is in at 3.5 IIRC. And the LL Bean is heavy, but he wants to carry it. :D

It was weird on the top of that tower, then you are on top of the mountian. On that previous night we had the lunar eclipse, I got some pics but they didn't come out. I tried to do a tree/moon shot as it was changing. I'll need to take another look at that and see if I can massage it and get a decent shot.

Thanks for the kind comments.

edited to add: Brad, I was an 11B1P in Italy (RTO, M203) and then I was @ Bragg. A Co 2/325th. I noticed your avatar and thought I would post my experience.

Mitch

[brad nicholson]

Mitch,
i definitely understand that reasoning then! when were you in A/2-325? My father was in B/2-325 in 70-71. I was in 3-319th AFAR, that picture is of Task Force Devil (504th PIR) HQ at Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan when I was deployed there during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM in 2002. Have you seen my pics from A'stan on the old boards?
Brad
PS Whenever I get back stateside we should link-up for a trip, or if you get to Germany....

[TNRonin]

I was in in the early to mid-80's. The TN guard is about to deploy, I'm playing with going if I don't get hired back to teach. I don't have tenure yet so I'm playing loose.

[brad nicholson]

What and where do you teach? I have toyed with getting out to teach but to be honest the pay-cut would just be too substantial for a starting teacher salary. Especially now that my kid is still small (20 months) and another one the way, the wife is out of the line-up for about another five years. Once they are in school we shall see. She is our bread winner as a computer engineer. If you have some time and want to come to europe let me know.

[DefJef]

Wow great pics!! What elevation did you camp at?

[Heintooga]

Nice photos Mitch. Ron

[Heintooga]

5820 ft.