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0:10 look at this guys number one that's what I'm talking about all right guys I'm here at the arch Where it All Began several years ago walking through this Arch on the approach trail to the at so excited 2025 this is my year New Year's Day baby let's keep moving a little bit different now when I was here years ago the pler was a completely different place but looks a little bit different than it used to that's for sure so I just want to show you the lodge this is a big difference from what it used to be oh my gosh I remember
0:57 seeing this under renovation years ago and this is the first time I'm seeing it laid out like this oh my gosh it's such a nicer nicer L than what it used to be but man look at this look at these bathrooms oh my gosh they're going to get blown up I go check out the arch ATM wow they've really gone the extra mile look at this wow is this called the arch room look at that man I guess this where they teach all the young hopefuls how about this wow this is awesome first time back
1:45 in several years the arch look at this WOW incredible all your information and then submit it but I'll be number one here today right you'll be number one here today man and if you'll give me this back yeah so that I can give it to the ATC they'll be here February 15th February 15th I'll be here for the at kickoff too so I can pick it up then too you can also pick it up then cuz they'll have it look at this guys number one that's what I'm talking about started out correctly yeah man okay okay early bird gets nice facility
2:30 huh yeah I know right they were building this the last time I was up here come on get in here you got a long one huh yeah you're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you what you're not going to believe this at all what what are you about to tell me no you didn't how that's what you wanted well remember if you if you will it you can can make it happen bad news is they don't have hi tags today it's okay mail them to you February 15th look at all this man this is
3:16 completely all new this just craziness wow so I have a celebrity here my buddy also known as cuz atypical hiker we've been friends now for 4 years met on the Pine Mountain Trail and now look behind me we're at the arch it's going to be incredible right my friend yes it is and it's incredibly cold too but we're we're acclimating acclimating PMT crew man let's do this 2025 baby let's keep moving all right so I've got my car permit checked in I was number one the very first person to sign up to hike the at in 2025 from Amic Falls is Metro yeah
4:05 all right so for those that don't know this as you go to park your car go down the do not enter Road and you continue on this way all right so if you can see behind me that's where the Rangers stay but this is also the road we just drove up for long-term parking if you have an annual pass it's free to park out here it used to be a little bit more than that so that's pretty cool to know if you have an annual pass you can park out here it's not going to charge you soon oh yeah it's getting real man it's getting real
4:52 H yes this is awesome our shuttle driver just got here Ron's appalachin Trail service this is cool man what a ride this is nice okay this is like what he's got yeah what's that he's got one of these yeah oh man this is great we never said whether how much we more we owed you for a third person or anything so nothing here you want the picture of your sign on your video yeah sure right there all right zooming in right there there it is game on fellas 10 miles down this long road it takes a while
5:37 it look there's intake throttle position intake temperature cooling temperature and that's from uh garment yeah did they quit making them or they still make them they only nope they only made it at one year ah and I found that out the hard way this it's I put it in right in front of us it's it's big it's got a notch on it see a notch on it to the left that is sassr that's a ass kicker right there I have my wife made me shirt it said sassr kicked my ass 800t climb and a half a mile with a false top and you can see the F yep yep that's it I remember that all that area is dry year
6:22 round okay now look to the right of s supress see that mountain in the background with a with a flat top yes there's a fire tower up there okay that flat top that's black mountain right on the back side of that is Woody Gap oh okay and halfway down the right side of that mountain is where the trail goes around ramrock down into Woody G oh okay you got to do all that nope there isn't one it's usually right over over there on that corner which means they're not out training this road is 42 you're going to hike across this road four times M you're going to hike
7:09 parallel with a three you'll see it all on and far out okay if you look down through the woods see that road going down not this one in front of us the next one over see where the speed limit sign is that is four Service Road 58 58 2 miles down is where you guys are going to cross it at three for three for yeah if you remember that's where the Ben maai Trail and the at merged together for one mile cool man in the Springer y right there and the clouds yep it is you get a better view of it all it's all foggy all foggy we're going up there to Springer that's it we we're going to drop you off on the back side and you're going to hike to this
7:55 side okay and then back down okay so yep we gotow FL got snow so mile 1.7 miles up is Springer that way and it goes down through the woods does a 4 Mile loop it's going to cross the parking lot just north of where I drop you then it's going to do a 2 and 1/2 Mile all right so we have made it to the Springer Mountain parking lot except it is snowing guys and this is what I'm known for uhoh your first Trail magic oh heck yeah man was it Dixie video I'm going for the chocolate one before anybody else what are you talking about red man this is your quick little sugar F thank you and it's one heck of a morale booster thank you so much let's get our stuff out of
8:43 the back here we might want everybody gets one there we go all right that winds a little chilly you'll be all right all right let me get this stuff grab them all you got to grabb mine first this is way here you go snowing
