Soda City Slickers Conquer Table Rock Mountain
We weren't planning on spending the last two hours of our hike stumbling down the side of a mountain in the dark. But light had started fading fast while we still had a good 2.5 miles to the bottom of the rugged trail in the upstate South Carolina woods. Soon enough, I was forced to pull out the small LED flashlight that I had haphazardly tossed in my photo bag just before walking out the door earlier that morning. When I flicked off the only flashlight as we crossed a small footbridge about a half mile later, I got a sinking feeling. We froze in spot on the bridge. It was really dark. I mean really dark.
The moon and stars don't penetrate the canopy of the Blue Ridge. Episodes of Survivor Man flashed around in my head as each flashlit root and boulder reminded me how easy it might be to take a tumble full of bad news. We were pretty exhausted. My shoulders and back were testing my endurance after lugging around my camera gear all day. It's biggest hindrance was how the weight of my gear shifted my center of gravity and totally threw my balance out of whack. My Tim Tebow like agility was more like Roseanne Barr with her boobs on her back. I had the only light and my buddies Matt and Jake followed closely behind my lead.
What if the batteries died? Jesus. It would take us forever to get down. But then, the thought of having to make torches out of our walking sticks lifted my spirits. Coming down a mountain by torchlight seemed primitively rad. Eventually we worked out a system where I would travel 15-20 feet, turn around and light the path for my buds who would catch up. Then we'd repeat the inchworm maneuver shouting out things like, "BIG ASS ROOT!" and "FAT LIPPED ROCK!" to warn another. We somehow made it down safe and then ate a bunch of food at Waffle House.
Hike Statisics Hours on mountain: Nine Consumed: Nine Nature Valley "Sweet and Salty" granola bars - One tuna salad packet with saltine crackers - 6 bottles of water Total change in elevation: 5,121 feet Distance traveled on mountain: 9.9 miles
No rainbows. No Unicorns.
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