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By HARRISON O’CONNOR
rvi *■ lWICE, NOW, I’ve gotten away with the impossible — a two-night hike through the Shenandoah National Forest without feeling 1 was a part of a march on Washington.
Last year my wife and I climbed Old Rag Mountain near Sperryville, midweek in a winter snowstorm, and only ran into one other pair of hikers. We backed around each other in horrified politeness.
Then on a recent weekend a friend and I frantically climbed the mountain on Friday evening, afiead of the Saturday invasion from Washington, D.C. Swinging back, down the Hughes River Valley Sunday, we had counted only 30 hikers, 15 of them in one cabin.
Rappahannock Countians may wonder why Old Rag is becoming so popular among metropolitan Washington rock climbers and back packers. The mountain’s unique ridge trail attracts climbers festooned with orange and red
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