Springer Mountain to Horse Gap GA

woke up at 7am after a sleepless night, and got a shuttle to Springer Mountain by 10:30am. hiked a mile to the summit of Springer, and then was off on my adventure. pretty good easy day, hiked with two young guys from Virginia, Ethan and Hunter. We had a great time all day, most people stopped at Hawk Mtn Shelter, but we moved on to Horse Gap. As campsite was Kelly, from asheville , matt from Pittsfield MA and Ryan from Los Angeles. Kelly is a pint sized sweet young lady who had a TarpTent, which required her trekking poles as support beams , but with the winds whipping at 60 mph, her shelter blew away 3 times. I felt so bad for her. it was very cold and the wind made cooking dinner problematic, but we all made do. Ethan and Hunter hung hammocks not far from where I set up tent .