We started the morning at just about 7am. A local hiker named Bill told us to enjoy the views at Cowrock Mountain - and we did! My camera lens just didn’t do the views justice. We were making great progress until about mile six and then we encountered Wildcat Mountain. Actually the downhill proceeding it into Testanee Gap was super challenging - lots of rock to navigate. Julia and another hiker both said Wildcat Mountain was harder than Blood Mountain. I’ll have to take their word for it. We made it into camp around 4:30 pm totally exhausted. It was a little over 11 miles in about 9 and a quarter hours. We put up our tents, ate dinner and settled in for the night.
