I Suggest Wearing Pants...
It's just a flesh wound... Monty Python
I highly recommend wearing long pants when you go hiking in Linville Gorge. When it is really hot, like it was in NC the weekend of this trip, I hate wearing long pants! I'm a shorts guy. Well, this is what I got for not taking my own advice!
I took this pic on the second day of our trip, on the summit of Hawksbill, but honestly I got most of the scrapes on our first day when we were on the Rockjock. Linville Gorge can be an unforgiving place.
Linville Gorge Wilderness
June, 2011