Saturday, August 31, 2013
The Best Part
Ill be going through the whites for about a week so ill update ASAP! I'm soooo excited to have my ass kicked by these mountains!!! If you don't know what the white mountains are, look them up!
Friday, August 30, 2013
Hanover, NH to Lincoln, NH
Lovely trails up here
There's a 150 ft drop one step behind me. Living life on the edge!
That was the only house on the hill. Lucky bastards.
They build this privy with a sense of humor ehh?
Free ice cream and croque?! Sounds like a good time to me!
Trail angel Bill Ackerly. Super sweet man! I think he was a psychology prof at Yale at one point. That might be a trail rumor though.
His croque pitch. There are more rules to the game than I remember! Six of us hikers had some great laughs here.
I didn't win but the consolation prize was some bourbon!
A mountain I didn't climb
There seems to be more and more of these steps everywhere.
On a firepower.
Hikers having some lunch down there.
I thought these where the whites but they weren't. Just the warm up.
Sketer even has a raincoat...and hates it.
I swear theis dog has an on/off switch.
Getting ready for the Mousilauke!
Tiny Tim from Jersey
Bootstrap from Jersey
The Laundry room
The common room
Going up Mt. Moosilauke
I'm so glad to be up here finally!! It's gorgeous.
That's me! Spider the more human than human hiker!
Almost above the tree line!
.8 from the top!
Finally a mountain with a view! Bald mountains are few and far between.
4802ft and windy as hell! This is a small one in the whites!!
Manchester Center, VT to Hanover, NH
I really screwed the pooch here. I had my computer mailed to me in Hanover to unload my phone of photos and without updating my blog with photos of this section I mailed it home:(. So ill update this with those photos when I have them again. Beautiful part of this fine country! Hanover is the start of the White Mountains. So far there been awesome! They're supposed to be the hardest part of the trail and the most beautiful too. I have a few photos of them so far so here ya go!!!
Monday, August 19, 2013
Great Barington, MA to Manchester Center, VT
That's my thumb. After a rain these guys are out and about all over the trail. My former record was eight. My current record? Well I stopped counting around 160!!! I just love these Efts. They're so damn cute.
I'm loving New England! This is what I came to see! It really is just a pond though.
Walking between the hills of MA.
Upper goose pond cabin. Amazing refuge! Free to hikers. Chiquita and I got caught in a thunderstorm at night trying to get here. That was a first for me. It would've been a bit scary solo. So glad she was behind me. Her headlamp is way brighter than mine!
When we got here there wasn't any bunks left but plenty of floor space. There was even a fire inside to dry my clothes and warm my bones!
Up stairs and down.
I ended up with a bunk. A bottom bunk even!!!
I didn't think I'd ever see some of these people again. Pays off to bust ass for a while! Now I'm north of all of them. Except Fat Man Walking. He's catchable though. Not that it's a race though.
A little paddle in the morning with Rambles.
Upper Goose Pond.
Walking into Dalton.
Tom Lavarti's back yard. I did 22 miles to get here. Free spot to camp and he lets hikers use the bathroom. I didn't expect it but there was coffee and doughnuts waiting for us in the morning!!!
Going up Mt Graylock.
Highest point in MA 3491 ft!!! First time I was over 3000 ft in about 1000 miles.
It was cold up there so I did some arm exercises!
Mt Greylock pinnacle.
A strawberry flower.
Oh I got so pissed here! I went down Greylock at 6:30 headed to the next shelter only 3.3 miles downhill. It should've been an hour and a half hike tops. Well around 8:15. I started to think I was lost. And I was. Kinda. Good thing they had and emergency shelter on the mountain. Built by skiers in the '30s.
One more state down! The Long Trail nod the AT run as one for about a hundred miles or so.
On m guide, this is a pond.
I wanted to take home but it weighed too much. Also, another hiker could've gotten lost without it!!!
I looooooove Vermont! Very muddy but this was a great section.
A fire town on top of some mountain.
Above the trees for a change! And looking good in shades!!!
Wicked cool beaver dam!
Touching up the faded blazes! These guys were a riot!
Fire tower on Stratton Mt.
Stratton Mt is we're Benton Mackaye conceived the idea of the AT.
I think it was a pretty good idea.
Lots of boardwalks around here. I love them! Less slippery mud.
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