Thursday, 7/30 AT Miles = 0 / 1640.6Other Miles = 0 / 54.1Total Miles = 0 / 1683.8 Miles to Katahdin = 537.7 A day of no forward progress, but a good day nonetheless. The hostel here is a wonderful, comfortable place, spo last night Idecided to take a zero here. The most strenuous thing […]
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Pictures from the section from Dalton MA to Manchester Center VT can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/affreeman1959/ATDaltonMAToManchesterCenterVT# — ~~~~~ Allen F. Freeman allen@allenf.com www.allenf.com allenf.blogspot.com
Wednesday, 7/29 AT Miles = 2.8 / 1640.6Other Miles = 0 / 54.1Total Miles = 2.8 / 1683.8 Miles to Katahdin = 537.7 Again last night, it did not rain! I was up early this morning and on the trailby a quarter to seven. Itwas less than 3 miles to Rt 11/30, and I was […]
Tuesday, 7/28 AT Miles = 18.3 / 1637.8Other Miles = 0.1 / 54.1Total Miles = 18.4 / 1681.0 Miles to Katahdin = 540.5 It didn't rain last night. You might think that something not happening would be a non-event, but you'd be wrong. A night without rain is definitely an event this summer; an event […]
Unbelievably, it is NOT raining! —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Monday, 7/27 AT Miles = 19.0 / 1619.5Other Miles = 0 / 54.0Total Miles = 19.0 / 1662.6 Miles to Katahdin = 558.8 I got the world's easiest hitch this morning. I barely stuck my thumb out and the first car to come by stopped and gave me a ride back to the trail. Fvor […]
Sunday, 7/26 AT Miles = 18.4 / 1600.5Other Miles = 0.4 / 54.0Total Miles = 18.8 / 1643.6 Miles to Katahdin = 577.8 After two days of easy slackpacking, I was back in harness today. It rained last night — surprise, surprise — and it was heavily overcast this morning, with everything still wet from […]
Saturday, 7/25 AT Miles = 14.4 / 1582.1Other Miles = 0.4 / 53.6Total Miles = 14.8 / 1624.8 Miles to Katahdin = 596.2 Another day of slackpacking. After a hearty breakfast Jodi dropped meoff back in Cheshire and I hiked up to the summit of Greylock as thesun burned through the clouds and fog. I […]
Friday, 7/24 AT Miles = 8.9 / 1567.7Other Miles = 0 / 53.2Total Miles = 8.9 / 1610.0 Miles to Katahdin = 610.6 So, slack-packing. Sa-weet! I coiuld definitely get used to this. Jodi dropped me off in front of Tom Levardi's house in Dalton, whichis where she picked me up[ on Tuesday night, at […]
Does this make you want to get out in the woods or what?! From www.wunderground.com:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forecast for Northern Berkshire Updated: 5:02 am EDT on July 24, 2009 No Active Advisories (US Severe Weather) Today Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms…mainly this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this afternoon. […]
As I think I mentioned before, Jodi brought my new camera when she met me in Kent before we went to New York City for a few days. I took a bunch of photos while we were in New York. Here are some of them: http://picasaweb.google.com/affreeman1959/ATNewYorkCity# — ~~~~~ Allen F. Freeman allen@allenf.com www.allenf.com allenf.blogspot.com
Tuesday, 7/21 AT Miles = 19.7 / 1558.8Other Miles = 0.9 / 53.2Total Miles = 20.6 / 1601.1 Miles to Katahdin = 619.5 Well. I was up at my usual 5:45 in the morning. And as usual, a swarmof mosquitoes was buzzing around my hammock, underneath the tarp andjust outside of the mosquitoes netting. God […]
Wet. Muddy. Cold. Feet are a mess. Fell and hurt my knee. Hiking 1 mph. Heading home to sleep in my own bed for a day or two and try to regain some perspective. "I shall return." —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Monday, 7/20 AT Miles = 15.8 / 1538.2Other Miles = 0.5 / 52.3Total Miles = 16.3 / 1580.5 Wow! The mosquitoes were something else last night. Right after dinner I climbed into my hammock intending to read my book, but the swarm of mosquitoes just outside of the netting was amazing. Even the noise they […]
Sunday, 7/19 AT Miles = 19.7 / 1522.4Other Miles = 0.2 / 51.8Total Miles = 19.9 / 1564.2 Whew! Finally, I made some miles. I guess I can thank the mosquitoes! They were unbelievable today, and the only way I could cope was to hike full speed ahead. Once the trail came down off Jug […]
Saturday, 7/18 AT Miles = 10.0 / 1502.7Other Miles = 0.4 / 51.6Total Miles = 10.4 / 1544.3 It rained last night. A lot. Again. Pretty much as soon as I got all my stuff hung out to dry, the clouds rolled in and the first of several storms came through. I was up and […]
Thursday, 7/16 & Friday, 7/17 Thursday:AT Miles = 19.1 / 1485.2Other Miles = 1.5 / 51.2Total Miles = 20.6 / 1526.4 Friday:AT Miles = 7.5 / 1492.7Other Miles = 0 / 51.2Total Miles = 7.5 / 1533.9 So, where to start? Yesterday was an okay day; lots of up and down, lots of humidity, lots […]
Hanging in my hammock listening to an approaching thunderstorm. Hopefully I'll get a chance to catch up tomorrow. —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Wednesday, 7/15 AT Miles = 10.2 / 1466.1Other Miles = 0 / 49.7Total Miles = 10.2 / 1505.8 This morning I woke up in mid-town Manhattan — at Lexington and 51st Street — and tonight I am going to sleep at Silver Hill Campsite on the AT in Connecticut. Quite the transition! After three wonderful […]
Here are some statistics for North-bound hikers, compiled by the ATC,as of July 9: http://www.appalachiantrail.org/site/c.mqLTIYOwGlF/b.4805579/k.DA92/2000Milers_Facts_and_Statistics.htm 2009 Hiker Counts (updated JULY 9) Northbound (Georgia to Maine) Springer Mtn., Ga. 1425 Neels Gap, Ga. (30 miles) 1325 Fontana Dam, N.C. (160 miles) N/A Harpers Ferry, W.Va. (1,000 miles) 637 Katahdin, Maine (2,176 miles) 6 — ~~~~~Allen F. […]
Photos for the section from Delaware Water Gap to Kent CT are available here: http://picasaweb.google.com/affreeman1959/ATDelawareWaterGapPAToKentCT# — ~~~~~ Allen F. Freeman allen@allenf.com www.allenf.com allenf.blogspot.com
Friday, 7/10 – Sunday, 7/12 Friday:AT Miles = 12.9 / 1447.4Other Miles = 0 / 49.7Total Miles = 12.9 / 1487.1 Saturday:AT Miles = 8.2 / 1455.6Other Miles = 0 / 49.7Total Miles = 8.2 / 1495.3 Sunday:AT Miles = 0.3 / 1455.9Other Miles = 0 /49.7Total Miles = 0.3 / 1495.6 Friday was a […]
Thursday, 7/9 AT Miles = 16.8 / 1434.5Other Miles = 0.9 / 49.7Total Miles = 17.7 / 1474.2 This afternoon I soaked my feet in Nuclear Lake. Tonight I will check to see if they glow in the dark. Another day of nothing special. There were a couple of local views early this morning, then […]
Wednesday, 7/8 AT Miles = 18.8 / 1417.7Other Miles = 0.4 / 48.8Total Miles = 19.2 / 1456.5 There really isn't a whole lot to say about today. It was a nice enough day, but I just walked through the woods for 9 hours. There was one view where the trail climbed to a ridge […]
all I wrote previously about CT still holds, except that I will be leaving sometime on Sunday to go to NYC with Jodi. Because of a change in her work schedule, the NYC trip had to move from Tuesday to Sunday. —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
