Start-- Front Royal.

Cliff diving

Resting on the trail.  Chip can barely be made out in the sunlight side.

Cooking Beanie-weenies

Chip, Rick, and Dave hanging out in the shelter.

Hear no evil, see no evil, eat no evil.

Keeping the log.

Six days later... Thornton Gap!

Second Appalachian Trail trip -- Malcolm Carpenter and Bill Graham joined David Benn, Rick Brush, Nash Gifford, and Chip Chandler-- August 1956

Dave, Bill, Rick (in car), Nash and Chip- Thornton Gap, Aug. 1956.

Nash and Bill load up.

Long climb to Mary's Rock!

The view down from Mary's Rock to starting point (open area at very left).

First morning leaving Shaver Hollow Shelter.  Rain, rain, rain.

God is this fun!

Malcolm and Bill.

David Benn, Rick Brush, and Chip Chandler escape cherry bomb

Rest Stop.

Using climbing skills (learned during 10th grade field trip up Mt. Whitney) to retrieve Malcolm's camera, which he dropped over the cliff..

Chip at Stony Man.

Where is the center of gravity?  Malcolm had a large pack!

Art work preface to the trip log kept by Rick Brush.

More art work of Rick Brush at the front of his log.

The first page of Rick's log...

Thanksgiving Hike up Old Rag Mountain, 1956
Rick Brush, David Benn, and Nash Gifford

Searching the horizon for Indians.

Eating ice.

Chopping ice.  It was COLD!

Stopping by a rock shelter.

A later trip (summer of '57?). Rod Fruland, David Benn, and Malcolm Carpenter head into the hills.

Rod and Dave.

David Benn and Rod Fruland coaxing the small fire always needed for cooking. Malcolm Carpenter took these pictures, but never appeared himself.

Dinner is ready.

Beanie Wienies yet again!

David Benn taking a bird's bath.

Dave and Rod high up on the Lower Doyles River waterfall.

Rod Fruland from the top of the falls.