Poplar stamp gap to tray mountain shelter

Long day today! We got up before daylight because it was supposed to start raining about 7. It rained some, but not too bad. We ended up going about 6 miles further than planned because it was decent weather

. Lots of big climbs today. It will all be worth it because tomorrow we have a relatively short day and will spend the night in the new Top of Georgia hostel and shuttle into town for good food etc. It's 6:30 and we are staying on top of a mountain with winds gusting up to 1000 mph. (Possibly a slight exaggeration but it sounds like it from inside my tent) no plans to go outside again tonight! Pic attached is last nights camp. The three that I've been hiking with plus merman, stick-in-the-mud and unity. LOTS warmer then.