Sat, Mar 19 2016 - March Monadnock Madness! Stone Mountain + Arabia + Panola + Prizes! (View Original Event Details)
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We AOC “madmen & madwomen” had a blast today summiting all three of metro Atlanta's famous granite monadnocks with our friendly naturalist hosts and about 25 other hikers from the public at large. Since we took so many colorful photos we'll appreciate it if our photographers will send me the links to their online photo albums so I can post them here in this archive for all to "click and enjoy"! Thanks to Joyce, for a really fine job with the first of these album links that I've already received. Click "Photo Album" above if this Facebook link of Joyce's doesn't work for you: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154624233575260.1073742798.540275259&type=1&l=829c09890f
Despite the slightly overcast skies we lucked out with not a drop of rain and incredibly comfortable hiking weather in the 60s - considering it's still "wintertime" for 1 more day! Special thanks to our naturalist friends for doing a fine job guiding the hikes and keeping us all safe: Barcia and Sean at Stone Mountain; Robbie & Kimberly at Arabia; and Lieren, Jeff & Matt at Panola. Along the way we stopped often to discuss the fascinating geology and human history of the ancient monoliths - also the adaptive wonders of the native plants that adorn the granite outcrops and their surrounding forests, such as diamorpha, prickly pear cactus, yellow jessamine and serviceberry. After sunset at Panola the group enjoyed a blazing campfire and tasty s'mores on the lovely lakeshore by the mountain.
AOC members who were not able to participate today are encouraged to check out the "MonadnackMadness.com” website, and if you like you can still earn the nice commemorative bandanna on your own by hiking to all three summits before the end of March! As you may know each of the three giant monoliths is geologically more than 300 million years old and they boast an amazing diversity of rare plants and animals. - Submitted by Charlie - Sat Mar 19 at 10:00 PM
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