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The sun sets over camp atop Standing Indian Mountain in North Carolina.
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During my traverse of the Appalachian Trail last year, I was surprised by the number of thru-hikers who said they had not taken advantage of the opportunity to reach to the summit of Standing Indian Mountain. Despite hiking more than 2,000 miles, these long-distance travelers were unwilling to invest the little bit of time and energy it takes to walk the easy .1-mile side trail to the mountaintop.
You, however, don’t have to hike the AT’s entire length to summit Standing Indian Mountain, which has a view so spectacular that a former edition of the official Appalachian Trail guidebook called it the “Grandstand of the Southern Appalachians.”
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