August 20, 2016
15.5 Miles Total
12.6 New Miles
768.47 Total Smoky Miles to Date (Since November 2013)
169.50 Total Miles in 2016
This hike is one I would like to forget. It rained the entire hike. Miry ridge is very very narrow and my foot slipped off the side of the mountain and I barrel rolled until I hit two trees. One with my leg and one with my head. On the way down I went through a large thorn bush of some sort and who knows what else. Luckily I was hiking with the group and two guys came down to get me and got me back up to the trail. I sat for a minute evaluating my injuries then carried on because we still had 8 miles to go. I didn't realize it at the time but I had a concussion. On the way home I was struggling to stay awake so I called a friend to talk to to keep me awake. Once I arrived home I didn't even carry my gear up because by this time my entire body was hurting like I had been hit by a mac truck. I reached my living room and sat down while still on the phone with my friend fell asleep. So he came over around 8:00 pm to check on me and could tell that my head injury was pretty bad. I couldn't hold my eyes open and couldn't answer questions or make sense at all. I ended up sleeping the next 3 days.
There are not many pictures because of the rain and the fall. It was a challenging hike to say the least. I'm just glad it is marked off my map and I never have to do it again!
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| This is where I landed |
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| My leg afterwards |
