Monday, 8/10 AT Miles = 9.5 / 1789.3Other Miles = 0.9 / 57.3Total Miles = 10.4 / 1846.6 Miles to Katahdin = 389.0 The weather toyed with me this morning. In my "Appalachian Pages" book there is a notation that "North side of Mt Moosilauke is steep and often slick," and I had heard that […]
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Sunday, 8/9 AT Miles = 19.9 / 1779.8Other Miles = 1.3 / 56.4Total Miles = 21.2 / 1836.2 Miles to Katahdin = 398.5 Last night was a beautiful night. I went up in the fire tower to take some evening photos, and also to get cell service. That was the first place I had been […]
—"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Friday, 8/7 AT Miles = 11.0 / 1747.5Other Miles = 0.1 / 55.0Total Miles = 11.1 / 1802.5 Miles to Katahdin = 430.8 Jodi and I had such a wonderful evening last night! I spent the afternoon doing zero day chores, mostly working out logistics for the upcoming sections. I never did find time to […]
Saturday, 8/8 AT Miles = 12.4 / 1759.9Other Miles = 0.1 / 55.1Total Miles = 12.5 / 1815.0 Miles to Katahdin = 418.4 Boy,it was cold lat night! I wore every bit of clothing I have, which isn't all that much, while sitting around after supper. Normally I wiuld have crawled into my sleeping bag […]
Thursday, 8/6 AT Miles = 0 / 1736.5Other Miles = 0 / 54.9Total Miles = 0 / 1780.5 Miles to Katahdin = 441.8 The title of this post is a bit misleading. Jodi and I aren't stayingin Hanover. Hanover is quite an expensive town. The Hanover Inn,directly across the green from Dartmouth College, has rooms […]
Photos for the section from Manchester Center VT to Hanover NH are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/affreeman1959/ATManchesterCenterVTToHanoverNH# — ~~~~~ Allen F. Freeman allen@allenf.com www.allenf.com allenf.blogspot.com
Wednesday, 8/5 AT Miles = 5.8 / 1736.5Other Miles = 0.1 / 54.9Total Miles = 5.9 / 1780.5 Miles to Katahdin = 441.8 It was warm last night.Warm enough, and muggy enough, that I actuallyhad a bit of trouble sleeping. Also, I think I was just so tired thatit actually made it even harder to […]
Tuesday, 8/4 AT Miles = 20.4 / 1730.7Other Miles = 0.5 / 54.8Total Miles = 20.9 / 1774.6 Miles to Katahdin = 447.6 My apologies for being a couple of days late with this entry.Tuesday's hike just kicked my butt. I started hiking at 6:45 in themorning, and I hiked hard all day until I […]
Very tired after hiking 11 hours today. Will catch up tomorrow, from New Hampshire! —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Monday, 8/3 AT Miles = 19.9 / 1710.3Other Miles = 0.2 / 54.3Total Miles = 20.1 / 1753.7 Miles to Katahdin = 468.0 Whew! Up, down, repeat ad nauseum. That was today's hike. I haven't had to climb like this since I don't know when. I am tired tonight in a way I haven't been […]
Not only is the stay broken, but the broken end has worn a hole in the packbag. —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Sunday, 8/2 AT Miles = 17.4 / 1690.4Other Miles = 0 / 54.1Total Miles = 17.4 / 1733.6 Miles to Katahdin = 487.9 In this episode, our hero solves a mystery, gets stung by a bee, drinks a Coke, climbs a mountain, and (gasp!) blue blazes. Oh, and it rains, of course. At the hostel […]
Friday, 7/31 AT Miles = 14.8 / 1655.4Other Miles = 0 / 54.1Total Miles = 14.8 / 1698.6 Miles to Katahdin = 522.9 Rain. Goodness but it rained! It started a couple of hours before I left town, and didn't stop until after I had set up camp for the night. In between, I waded […]
Saturday, 8/1 AT Miles = 17.6 / 1673.0Other Miles = 0 / 54.1Total Miles = 17.6 / 1716.2 Miles to Katahdin = 505.3 So far, the month of August has a perfect record for sunny skies! Wonder how long that will last. Today was a beautiful day. My boots were absolutely saturated from yesterday, and […]
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 […]
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. […]
