{"id":2846,"date":"2021-04-12T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T12:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2021-04-13T02:08:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:08:33","slug":"an-outdoor-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2021\/04\/12\/an-outdoor-week\/","title":{"rendered":"An outdoor week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2847 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_201510624.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_201510624.jpg 4000w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_201510624-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_201510624-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_201510624-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Its been an active outdoor week or so for me and crew. I really appreciate everyone&#8217;s comments on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueridgeoutdoors.com\/hiking\/lost-in-jeffreys-hell\/\">Jeffrey Hell epic<\/a> from Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine. It was as much fun to write as it was to explore.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to skip around some, so forgive me. This is a shot from Look Rock on Friday afternoon. Micah and Frank escorted us back to a place I haven&#8217;t climbed in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2848 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_172826440-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_172826440-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_172826440-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cat belays Kelsie on this wonderful sandstone face.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2849\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_172610807-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_172610807-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210409_172610807-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frank and Micah appreciate this hidden gem. We did interrupt a wedding proposal atop the rock inadvertently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2851\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_162624779_HDR-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_162624779_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_162624779_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday found us returning to Black Mountain for some solid Cumberland trail climbing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2852 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_131255434-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_131255434-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_131255434-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love this place more every time we visit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2853\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210412_084124_01-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210412_084124_01-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210412_084124_01-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210412_084124_01.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Deane catches me on Tiches Wall.<\/p>\n<p>We were joined by Scotty and Frank Cook in addition to Micah and Kelsie. A perfect day for climbing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2854 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210403_092309061-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210403_092309061-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210403_092309061-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210403_092309061-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Good Friday found me, Ronda and Kelsie backpacking into Walnut bottoms for a very chilly night beneath the stars. It was great to return to this place of so many Highlander epics over the decades.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2855\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210402_205135784-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210402_205135784-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210402_205135784-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210402_205135784-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was crowded up there but we had the best fire for certain, and excellent company. I slept like a baby beside Big Creek that night.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2857 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210402_193836239-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210402_193836239-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210402_193836239-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Twixt all this fun was our usual Tuesday climbing which has seen a decided spike in popularity. Add in a couple of road bike excursions and that has left little time for blogging.\u00a0 Easter was tremendous as I enjoyed church and a magnificent dinner prepared by my Mom and Aunt. Just couldn&#8217;t ask for a better couple of weeks in E. TN. How fortunate we are to live in this outdoor mecca.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s conclude with the best live version of this song ever done. Because at this point, we are definitely Reelin in the years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/57MP5YcCABA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its been an active outdoor week or so for me and crew. I really appreciate everyone&#8217;s comments on our Jeffrey Hell epic from Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine. It was as much fun to write as it was to explore.\u00a0 I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2021\/04\/12\/an-outdoor-week\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2846"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2863,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}