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 robk700
    
Location: Los Angeles / D.C.
Gender: Male
 |  | Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
< on 6/28/2011 2:46 AM >
|  | | | It took me 15 hiking days but I made it all the was from D.C. to Cumberland, MD. I had to deal with floods, rain, mud, mosquitos, snakes, bears and was even shot at 25 +/- times by some hillbillies. I didn't take many photos but here are a few from my adventure.
1. Harper's Ferry.
2. Flooding waters. I found 4 ft. carp washed up on the trail.
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4. 15 days of mostly this, the green tunnel:
5. For every bridge there were at least the ruins of two other.
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7. I found over a dozen caves, the longest about 1200 ft. long.
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10. I got 2 hrs. of stunning time lapse of this. Otherwise I guess it's just another bridge foundation.
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12. Mill dating to the 1780s.
13. Fort Federick. 1750s.
14. Canal lockhouse ruins.
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16. A very out of focus lock. I passed 74(?) of these.
17. Kilns
18. This is where the limestone from the Washington monument came from.
19. Paw Paw tunnel. 3600 ft. long.
20. My favorite part of the trip.
21. The longest mile.
22. That's right bitches!!!!
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Yield
 
Location: Look behind you
Gender: Male
I'd do you for a klondike bar
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 1 on 6/28/2011 3:11 AM >
| | | | This is amazing!!!! 
Very inspirational
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~Doesn't give a fuck, total badass, and one of my ue-besties.
~Genuine, has positive character and this thing called integrity. Knows when to be serious. Passionate about productive things. Human being. ~fish fish boxing boxing bestest friend evah |
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ensimismada
Location: CA
Gender: Female
...wishing I had time for one more photo...
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 2 on 6/28/2011 3:21 AM >
| | | | Sounds like a real adventure. Photo #20 is cool.
I'd love to see that timelapse shot, if it's online.
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robk700
Location: Los Angeles / D.C.
Gender: Male
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 3 on 6/28/2011 3:35 AM >
| | | | Posted by ensimismada
Sounds like a real adventure. Photo #20 is cool.
I'd love to see that timelapse shot, if it's online.
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There was no way you could get a bad picture in there. A thick layer of mist was hanging above the water. So cool. Actually, about half these pictures have time lapse to them. I should be able to get them up shortly.
Post by Yield
This is amazing!!!!
Very inspirational |
Thanks. I had to loose some weight and get some things outta my head. I'm happy to say I did both.
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cr400
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 4 on 6/28/2011 4:05 AM >
| | | | Awesome, I'm in awe of your tenacity Rob......I hope you got all the things worked out that you needed to.
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
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vader33
Location: Littleton, CO
Gender: Male
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 5 on 6/28/2011 12:50 PM >
| | | | I wanna hear more about the shooting hillbillies!
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yokes
 
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| |  |  | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 6 on 6/28/2011 12:59 PM >
| | | | Congrats! Nice accomplishment
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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fiftyone_eggs
Location: jerzey
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 7 on 6/28/2011 1:55 PM >
| | | | Total awesomeness! Congrats - nice accomplishment and it looks like a great time too!
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Avius
Location: Washington DC / NOVA
Gender: Male
Wow you guys!
| | | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 8 on 6/28/2011 3:34 PM >
| | | | Very cool. I've always wanted to do the whole tow path, on foot or bike. Thanks for another reminder that it's on my list.
In places forgotten, tread where you will. -=- http://www.flickr.com/photos/avius/ |
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becckeez
Location: 804
Gender: Female
trippin.
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 9 on 6/28/2011 3:48 PM >
| | | | sounds like fun. great stuff!!
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LadySpade
Location: MidAtlantic
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 10 on 6/29/2011 1:57 AM >
| | | | These pics are awesome, and it sounds like an epic trip. You deserve some sort of UE medal for trekking all that way in the name of exploration!
Anyone else think #1 looks like the forts from Oblivion?
~What doesn't kill us, makes us stranger...~
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Zombi951
Location: Riverside,Ca
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 11 on 7/2/2011 2:16 AM >
| | | | Posted by LadySpade
These pics are awesome, and it sounds like an epic trip. You deserve some sort of UE medal for trekking all that way in the name of exploration!
Anyone else think #1 looks like the forts from Oblivion?
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its kinda dose (oblivion)Also these pics are awsome what a journey to take in what looks like a beautiful place
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Fl1k3r
Gender: Male
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 12 on 7/2/2011 3:19 AM >
| | | | wow congrats man! i've always wanted to do that myself but never managed to work up to it, good to see that you followed through and pulled it off, awesome pictures by the way
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
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robk700
Location: Los Angeles / D.C.
Gender: Male
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 13 on 7/2/2011 5:20 AM >
| | | | Thank you everyone. It was definitely a lesson in pain endurance. I had never hiked more than two days in a row so this was a true learning experience. I met so many nice people on my journey. One fella even drove me 10 miles round trip to a grocery store when I ran out of food. I highly recommend it but please bike it. I was the only back packer over three weeks and I found that many days where extremely mind numbing.
As for the shooting incident: 9:30 PM, second to last day. Every five or so miles there is a primitive camp site with a water pump and John. As I approached one, two miles from Old Town, MD, I noticed it was occupied. It started raining and I was debated asking the occupants if I could share the space. Suddenly pistol shots rang out. I didn't think much because it was good ol boy territory. But when they didn't stop I grew nervous. It was dark and I had my headlamp on. I then saw that the muzzle flashes were pointed in my direction and they were using my lamp as a target. I began walking away as fast as I could. The person then waked from the campsite to the trail, and accompanied by someone with a shot gun, started firing at my back. This lasted for about five minutes. About a mile and a half later my heart sank. I saw lights on the trail up ahead and figured it was the same group. What could I do? I kept walking and to much relief found it was night fishers going after cat fish. I guess I was at the main crossing point for Old Town and there were a dozen people out. When I told my story they recommended I camp there, though technically illegal, and they would watch over me for the rest of the night. I felt safe and was exhausted so there I spent the night.
I have some great pictures from mile 0-30 I took in January. I'll post those this weekend here.
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Fl1k3r
Gender: Male
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 14 on 7/2/2011 5:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by robk700
As for the shooting incident
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damn!
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
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budda
Location: Cincinnati
Gender: Male
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
| | | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 15 on 7/2/2011 8:39 PM >
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DJ Craig
 
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 16 on 7/3/2011 11:20 PM >
| | | | That's really awesome! I'm amazed how much UE you found along this trip!
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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Aleksandar
Location: United States
Gender: Male
your darkest shadow, my oldest friend; the world's become ashes, this is the end.
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 17 on 7/3/2011 11:24 PM >
| | | | Dude! Outstanding work! What a fun adventure that must have been. Love the pics... post of the week without doubt
Freedom breeds war; and Peace, slavery. So it shall be forevermore: Men who love freedom buy it with their lives, and lovers of peace with their freedom. |
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NotLost
Location: PA
Gender: Male
No sir, I'm not lost.
| | | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 18 on 7/5/2011 3:43 AM >
| | | | Nice! Sounds like a lot of fun… except for the snakes, bears, rain, but for some reason, we seem to run into active munitions of some sort on 50% of our trips too!
Good ‘ol Paw-Paw. They should put signs up if they don’t want you climbing those stairs!?
The ranger said there’s Civil War era graffiti in there… Bob wuz here, July 1863, lol
Impressive accomplishment, btw.
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rev_beefsurpeme_ulc
Location: Columbia, SC
Gender: Male
| | Re: Hiked all 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal
<Reply # 19 on 7/5/2011 7:03 PM >
| | | | Posted by LadySpade
These pics are awesome, and it sounds like an epic trip. You deserve some sort of UE medal for trekking all that way in the name of exploration!
Anyone else think #1 looks like the forts from Oblivion?
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I'd go as far to say a lot of those photos look like screenshots from Oblivion. The rednecks could have even been highwaymen.
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