The rain cleared out the night of October 27, so Framing History decided to drive back to Toccoa to try the "Three miles up, three miles down". On the way out of the hotel, we passed Wild Bill Guarnere. "You leaving already?" he asked. We told him we were just headed back to Toccoa to go up Currahee. "Don't run!" he told us. Good advice, as it would turn out.

       Mt. Currahee. Camp Toccoa is at the right-hand side of the mountain and behind

This marker stands at the start of the route up Mt.Currahee

        Colonel Robert Sink

                            Walking in the footsteps of Easy Company

               Just below the top of Currahee. Ben points right towards the town of Toccoa,
                               Jim points left towards the site of Camp Toccoa

John, Jim and Ben toast Easy Company at the top of Mt.Currahee. The route up Currahee
varies in difficulty with some steep sections broken up by rolling terrain that at times is
downhill or nearly level. Being from Colorado, Framing History knows mountain trails!
Currahee indeed would be a brutal run, especially under full pack with weapons. We took
Wild Bill's advice and didn't run (except fo the last 100 feet!). We walked up at a
Quick Time pace, and made the top in 49 minutes. The men of Easy Company went
up and down in that same amount of time...they truly are remarkable men. And they
did it in the heat and humidity of a Georgia summer.

Aside from a handful of communication towers at the summit, this survey marker
              is alone in marking the historical significance of the mountain.

                                                View towards Toccoa

     
View from the top of Mt. Currahee, looking NE. Other mountains are visible in the
distance, but Currahee indeed "Stands Alone" as the only mountain in the area.