SCAR 2020 - We were on track until we weren't!
Introduction At around 11:55 PM on Thursday, July 30th, I found myself on the side of a desolate road, somewhere in North Carolina heading straight up a mountain on a warm humid night, the moon, although not full, was shining bright in the sky. The objective was to reach Fontana Dam within 24 hours, although I was really hoping that we could get there in closer to 20 hours. This was my first attempt at running the SCAR, visiting the Appalachian Trail and/or The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. However, as is such with many great plans, mine did not go well. By the time I finished; 2 sunrises and nearly 32 hours later all I can say as an introduction is that you haven't truly lived until you've stayed up for 50 hours (there were two 1 hour naps) and shared a space blanket with a half naked man you barely know who hasn't even considered brushing his teeth in 2 days and may or may not have peed on himself while running to try and stay warm. I think besides this ...