[at-l] Pine Mountain Trail

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

I visited the trail last month following a Rotary meeting for our region. 
It is surprisingly rugged country on a mountain stranded in South Georgia. 
On the east end toward Warm Springs, there is a spit of ridge jutting out 
over the valley with a road running to an ancient BBQ pit that has been 
concreted up. The view looks south and east over south and central Georgia, 
over farmlands that Roosevelt had acquired and much land he had returned to 
the trees. This BBQ pit was a place he and friends would visit, pull the 
car seats out and lounge in the clear air and eat BBQ off of china and 
silver in style.

I've never seen pictures of FDR and his family at such affairs, but the 
picture in my mind contrasts Hitler at his Barvarian lair and the President 
who helped make our trail possible with CCC and other efforts - some good 
and otherwise.

Pine Mountain is well out of the way of the AT, but well worth a visit. I 
hope to hike it late next February after the next regional meeting I have 
to attend.

OrangeBug

At 10:39 AM 4/16/2002 -0700, Gary Buffington wrote:
>Jack:
>I don't know your experience level or how much of the AT you've done.  But
>we used to do the PMT as a 46 mile run out and back.  I finished many 50
>milers (about 100) but I never did finish the PMT in about 5 tries.  I'd get
>out and partway back and miss the 12-hour deadline.  People fell, turned
>ankles, cut foreheads, and walked a lot.  It was really great fun after
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