Jeff Deutsch

Backpacking --- 5/26/2001 - 5/29/2001 --- Shenandoah National Park, VA

Backpacking in Shenandoah National Park. Started at the Brown Mountain Overlook (Skyline mile marker 76.9). Hiked Brown Mountain Trail to Rockytop Trail. Spent the night (without enough water) up on the Rockytop ridge. Came down to the Austin Mountain Trail, then to Big Run Trail. Passed through a beautiful grove of huge old Tulip Poplar, then established camp early at an amazing site on the bank of Big Run. Final day we took Big Run Portal Trail to Rocky Mountain Run Trail to Brown Mountain Trail and back to the car.

	Panorama of the area where I was hiking. Shenandoah National Park, VA -- 5/26/2001 - 5/29/2001
	Great time of year to be backpacking. Shenandoah National Park, VA -- 5/26/2001 - 5/29/2001
	Mountain Laurel (or Rhododendron) in bloom. Shenandoah National Park, VA -- 5/26/2001 - 5/29/2001
	Posing in front of a well pitched tarp. Shenandoah National Park, VA -- 5/26/2001 - 5/29/2001
	Mandel and me. Shenandoah National Park, VA -- 5/26/2001 - 5/29/2001
	Redlamp Headlamp Steam from boiling water illuminated by my homemade red LED headlamp. The only light sources in the picture are the red LEDs and the flame of the MSR Dragonfly stove. Shenandoah National Park, VA -- 5/26/2001 - 5/29/2001