The entire first two days basically followed the same trail as mapped in this post. The difference being my friend and I camped before the climb to the top of the mountain.
My last trip into Spring Hollow, I was riding the ATV my friend was on this time. At that time I had reservations about [...]
This is a continuation of the last post.
The second day started almost as nice as the first day ended. I slept longer than I had intended. It was about 7:30am when the sun finally woke me up. I had wanted to get up earlier and catch the sunrise but I was pretty wore out from [...]
I traded my hiking boots for four mud tires this weekend and headed to the mountains. Sometimes, with me anyway, it is better not to plan a camping trip but instead just keep everything ready and when the opportunity presents itself take advantage of it. I had been keeping a close watch on the weather [...]
When you go on a long hike - what is the essential gear you take? When I say long hike I mean when you plan on hiking for longer than a day.
My regular long hike gear includes - backpack, Ozark dome tent (3 person capacity), 3lb sleeping bag, Garmin GPS, CaseXX hunting knife, small binoculars, [...]
Another benefit I have recently discovered to moving my blog - I can now do scheduled posting. I’m not 100% sure I couldn’t do that with Blogger but I am 100% sure I couldn’t figure out how.
The last post to this blog was done with scheduled posting. I actually wrote that post when I wasn’t [...]
Continue reading about Scheduled Posting & Camping West Virginia
Since starting the Bolt Mountain site I have made some friends outside of West Virginia who are familiar with Bolt Mountain in one way or another. One of those friends recently sent me a few photos from his trip to Bolt Mountain earlier this year. Most of his photos I’ll be displaying on the Bolt [...]
I had been afraid to go up on Bolt Mountain ever since I started feeling explosions. I just didn’t want to see. I knew there was no way a rational reaction could come from seeing what I knew was there.
I feel protective of Bolt Mountain. That may have something to do with the fact I [...]
“Following the yellow leaf road…
…through the 100 acre wood…
…to grandmothers house we will go.”
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I went hiking today on a trail that is becoming familiar to me. The entire trip is about four miles and ends at the house in the last photo.
While on this hike I thought about inspiration and what it is that provokes [...]
