Greg Hoover

I've written two books on the Smokies. The first was Hallowed Hills, Holy Waters, consisting of stories about hiking and fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains. The second book is Paths Less Traveled, a book of stories about off-trail hiking in the Smokies. Both are available at Amazon. Some of the stories in these books appear in this blog, but much of the material in the books is new and non-blogged.

Monday, February 26, 2018

The Rites of Spring

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I lifted my small thermometer out of the water. Fifty degrees. So, the water temp was either 48 or 52. I know my thermometer is two degree...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Cat Stairs and Falcon Cliffs (Part 2 of 2)

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On our November trip to the Cat Stairs of Greenbrier Pinnacle, Greg Harrell and I approached the base of the cliffs in a steep, dry, ...
Friday, December 15, 2017

A November Trip to the Cat Stairs (Part 1 of 2)

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Finally! After a week or two of January-like weather, November was acting like November again. We’d had a couple of “arctic blasts” s...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Thoughts While Hiking Alone: Consistency, Thou Art a (Rare) Jewel (Part 2 of 2)

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On a recent solo hike, I had some thoughts on a variety of topics, beginning with a list of yard chores and ending on America’s present sta...

Thoughts While Hiking Alone: Two Flags (Part 1 of 2)

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One of the dying skills in our modern world is the ability to be alone with one’s own thoughts. Our various hand-held devices (no, not p...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Sugar Fingers (Part 4 of 4)

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On our July hike up the largest of the Sugar Fingers on Sugarland Mountain, Greg Harrell stayed ahead of me, as he usually does, but ...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Sugar Fingers (Part 3 of 4)

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On a recent July Saturday, Greg Harrell and I hiked up one of the recently-exposed Sugar Fingers of Sugarland Mountain. Within ten minu...
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Been teaching Sociology at the same (small, private, Christian) college for about 25 years, so I must be content. Married. Two grown kids. Grew up in Florida but escaped to the "north" (Georgia, then Tennessee) at the first opportunity. I didn't belong in a state with a max elevation of 300'.
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