

DEATH MARCH REVIVAL
Randy Kerr (4)
10/12/24
"While my body will still let me"
On my drive to Chris Joice's  (Dark Horse Productions) scruffycat100 adventure in Knoxville on 10/12 I figured I'd break the drive by giving the DMR a try. My anticipated early morning start time had been delayed by an accident on the Chattanooga interstate. I was fit to be tied after several hours of stop and go just to work my way to the next exit.
I was questioning both being able to complete the route before dark and whether I would be denied access through big frog section.
I do love this route, tho! Â I've been craving some of this catch all year! Â That is, Â while my body WILL still let me!
Lots of loose, chunky gravel, mostly in the first section before Jack's River Campground made this section much harder than usual .. and slower than usual. More frustration started setting in. Â It was also Dusty and dry. Fallen leaves made for black ice the entire route.
Perfect temperatures tho, Â with seemingly constant headwinds. Â Lots and lots of turkey on the entire route.
A couple of deep, sloppy, new culvert crossings made hike-a-bike on Big Frog section slow progress a bit. Â The construction crew only watched with puzzled looks as I slid by seamlessly and without a hitch.
Darkness had just set in on the Thunder Rock descent.
It was an excellent, invigorating day to be in the Cohutta Wilderness!!