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From [[space]] shelter sidetrail a rocky ridge top scramble trail To the Dragons Tooth a high stone slab Jutting vertically from the rocky ridge wingfoot calls the decent from Dragons Tooth "Hand and Foot" and he certainly is right A [[strikethrough]] more [[/strikethrough]] sudden and hazardous route indeed Near the roadcrossing was a food cooler Containing sandwiches and drinks for thru hikers Generously placed by a local friend of the [[Appalachian Trail symbol]] Nearby is Catawba grocery a welcome boost To strength and morale, a hiker must have food. Midafternoon the trail crossed several hayfields One had been fresh cut and the hay baled fifty years ago it would have been stacked. About a week ago I began to have an ache In my left lung, which gradually moved [[end page]] [[begin page]] I began to breathe easier and deeper For years my lung capacity had lessened And it was attributed to advancing age Apparently my lung was in a state of collapse And now is functioning again, a mirale I feel rejuvinated and encouraged to keep hiking The human body is indeed a wonderful thing. Just passed thru a pasture with black Angus [[strikethrough]]A rocky ridge top trail to Dragon Tooth [[/strikethrough]] Boy Scout shelter at dark no water Morning mile to Catawba shelter Gradual climb to MacaFee Knob Great square shaped boulders at ground ^[[level]] The viewpoint is one of the finest on t AT. with more tan ^[[half]] a circle of valley and Mtn ^[[panorama]] More ridgetop to which means no springs
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