Started the day with a goal of getting to the Roan Mountain shelter (22 miles) which was the highest shelter on the AT, at over 6200ft. The morning was nearly windless and foggy. The first part of the hike was through a really cool pine forest. The trail was covered...

Woke up to rain and heavy fog so we sat around the shelter for a bit. Eventually the rain slowed, so we stepped off.  It was still pretty foggy though. It had been very windy over the last several days and we came across a bunch of fallen trees. This one had recently...