April 9th - Day 39

We woke up in Damascus, VA and planned for a late start since we were having breakfast in town before we hiked out. We had breakfast with a lot of friends who were staying another night in Damascus and my group that was rollin' out after breakfast. We started at around 11:00 and set off to Lost Mountain Shelter, 16 miles from Damascus. The weather is officially great and the heat of spring has come out, for now I'm enjoying it. We stayed at the shelter and I was happy to hike with Dirty Mike, Matt, Ross, Ben, Nate, and two newer friends Tarzan and Coffee Pot. They are brother and sister from New Jersey.