Everyone had warned us about the rocks - so we thought we were prepared. But we weren't. Finding your way through boulder fields hour after hour in temperatures above 100 degrees F gives a new dimension to hiking. I get addicted to Gatorade, as we try and keep the electrolytes up. Many of the springs listed have dried up. Some trail angels leave gallon containers by the road crossings, but these are often empty when we pass through.
I decided that nobody would actually hike through Pennsylvania for the fun of it. Then we arrive at Lehigh Gap......The climb out of Lehigh Gap - what a trail gem this is. This is a rockclimb, an exhilarating, amazing, absolutely fantastic rockclimb. Walking Sticks go into the pack. I use my hands to get up over the cliffs. On the way up we are caught by Stucco and Scatters and One Life who we follow for the rest of the day. Sourdough also walks in this group. We take an hour to complete the climb to the ridge. Then we enter a 'superfund' site - a restoration of the mountain denuded by zinc smelter air pollution, caused by corporate irresponsibility, and now being fixed with taxpayers funds. The tree growth is amazing.
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