{"id":4111,"date":"2024-11-04T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=4111"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:09:26","slug":"hangover-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2024\/11\/04\/hangover-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Hangover 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"815\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241103_144758-1024x815.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4112\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241103_144758-1024x815.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241103_144758-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241103_144758-768x611.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241103_144758-1536x1222.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241103_144758.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>hangover 2024 was one for the record books. The people shown in this photo are only a fraction of the actual attendees. You will see in the following photographs. The above is courtesy of Richard Hatten. Thank you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182621289-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4113\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182621289-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182621289-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182621289-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182621289-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>the clouds were splashing up against the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073904-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073904-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073904-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073904-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073904-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073904.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>just look at the stars blazing out on the rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182710403-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182710403-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182710403-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182710403-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182710403-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>on Friday I hiked in with John Chambers and Christian Taylor. We decided to come in via Wolf Laurel for various reasons not the least of which was to get water at naked ground. I knew it would be dry at The hangover. And as if on cue the rain started as soon as we took off from Knoxville. We made a wet hike into the camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_1833548692-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_1833548692-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_1833548692-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_1833548692-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_1833548692-864x1536.jpg 864w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_1833548692-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_1833548692-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>there&#8217;s obviously a long story behind this one. It is after all the political season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_091039775-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4117\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_091039775-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_091039775-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_091039775-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_091039775-864x1536.jpg 864w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_091039775-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_091039775-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>our entire trip was almost derailed because of this idiot on the dragon. I hope he got a huge fine for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_232421353-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4118\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_232421353-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_232421353-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_232421353-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_232421353-864x1536.jpg 864w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_232421353-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_232421353-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dempsey belts the blues, or something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1000016530-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4119\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1000016530-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1000016530-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1000016530-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1000016530-864x1536.jpg 864w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1000016530-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1000016530-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>laundry was done..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073817-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073817-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073817-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073817-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073817.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rachel came up with Andrew. Which gave us a total of three Andrews in camp. We had 21 people in total over the course of the weekend. This almost tied the all-time record of 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4121\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073934.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073934-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241104_073934-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_165839702-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_165839702-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_165839702-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_165839702-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_165839702-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob Bush showed up to put on a clinic and do some show cooking. AJ and I had run into him a couple of weeks earlier over in citico. We&#8217;re hiking part of the Jeffrey Hell trail. This year we really missed the presence of our good friend TP who is suffering some medical issues. We wish him the best of luck and a speedy recovery. It just isn&#8217;t the same without a TP drive by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_174313454-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_174313454-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_174313454-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_174313454-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_174313454-864x1536.jpg 864w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_174313454-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_174313454-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard and Linda graced us with their presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_192000507-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4124\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_192000507-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_192000507-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_192000507-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_192000507-864x1536.jpg 864w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_192000507-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241101_192000507-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Jones even comes down from Maine. Along with ballerina Britches, aka Nick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday was glorious but saw the departure of half of our group. They were replaced by concave AKA Evan houser. Richard and Linda, and Rob Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182720987-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4125\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182720987-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182720987-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182720987-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_20241102_182720987-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We made the sun rises. And sunsets. Each eclipsed  the other. Comrade chambers is gaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hangover 2024 was one for the record books. The people shown in this photo are only a fraction of the actual attendees. You will see in the following photographs. The above is courtesy of Richard Hatten. Thank you the clouds &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2024\/11\/04\/hangover-2024\/\">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\/4111"}],"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=4111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4129,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111\/revisions\/4129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}