4/1/23
Took a 3.9 mile walk in Crowder’s Mountain State Park. Hiked from the park office to just past the Pinnacle and back. A bit of rain sprinkling down at the start. Then as I got near the Pinnacle the real rain started, and it looked quite stormy. I decided not to go to the top; the Pinnacle is a lightning rod.
I took the Ridgeline trail instead and walked to a rock formation I had in mind, and turned around. I was pretty soaked by then and the wind was whipping around along the ridge. Once I got past the junction of the Ridgeline trail and the Pinnacle trail, lightning struck about a quarter mile to the south. I took the old Pinnacle trail instead of the tourist trail back to near where the trail split into the Turnback trail and took it to the parking lot.
Having had wrist surgery about 10 weeks ago, it was nice to get out and use the walking sticks; no real issues, but my wrist is still weak.
McLeod's Hikes and Such 