Eighteen intrepid folks from the Plateau Chapter of Tennessee Trails Assn., out of Crossville, TN, hiked this incredibly beautiful, but extremely difficult, trail in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, near Oneida TN. There were many spots where we had to risk life and limb to drop down to a much lower level or, stretch short legs to get up to another level or, straddle crevasses to reach another area. Even though I did fall when doing a straddle over a boulder and having my right leg slide straight down sideways (unscathed!), we had no injuries and came out on the other side - smiling! Truth be told, we took the trail clockwise (considered backwards), so those two sets of almost vertical stairs would not have to be climbed when we were tired. At the end, we decided to go down the road a bit and see Double Arch; you'll see a few pics from there.
001 US127 N-bound
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002 Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
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003 Big South Fork - Super Vivid
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004 down first vertical stairs
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005 backwards works for some
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006
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007 Big South Fork
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008 Big South Fork
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009 Betty
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010
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011 Carol Q on her knees
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014 lots of narrow places
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015 follow the arrow
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016 Marcy - where are the men
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017 Red Eft
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018 juvenile of Spotted Red Newt
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019 Honey Creek
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020 sandstone bluff
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021 beautiful sandstone
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022 sandstone
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023 small cascade on Honey Creek
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024 this is where I fell
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029 just exploriing
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030 beautiful rockhouse
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031 lunchtime view
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032
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033 carnes
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034 rockhouse
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035 we added some stones
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036 almost looks like a graveyard
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037
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039 lots of steep climbs & descents
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040 Neil
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041
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042 everything is large-scale
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043 here comes Bill Q
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044 Neil's turn
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049 everyone gets helped down
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050 tree roots over boulder look like a skirt
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