Clingmans Dome

I spoke to Brandon on Friday 3/14 around noon.  He was at Silers Bald Shelter and had borrowed “Dan’s” cell phone to give me a quick call.   Mostly he was interested to see if I had secured his fall class schedule at Auburn.  I was left very detailed instructions on how to arrange his schedule for his final semester on  the Plains.  I managed to get him what he needed when he wanted it so all is set for Fall classes.   Brandon reported that they were about 4 miles from the top of Clingmans Dome which at 6,643 is the highest point on the AT.   This high point marks 195.3 miles of hiking from Springer Mountain.

The weather was rainy, light rain not storms but very windy.  Bet that got worse as they approached the top.  We had terrible storms in Atlanta on Friday… so I am just hoping they got over the mountain and headed down by the time the storms came by their way.