Blood Mountain: 1000’s … Hikers: 0

A few days of (mostly) northbound AT hiking brought me within reach of Blood Mountain. Legs aren’t working right. My breath sounds a lot like an enthusiastic child bouncing on a rusty teeter-totter, and my 2-sizes-too-small heart is doing its darnedest to keep up. My mind, on the other hand, is picking up the slack. ......

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