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Day: |
068 |
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Date: |
Wednesday, 9 July 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
24.7 |
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Daily Other Miles |
2.3 (0.6 water, 1.7 Arden) |
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Total
AT Miles: |
1347.6 |
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Total All Miles |
1389.3 |
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Weather: |
Very warm, very humid, overcast, some
showers. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli.
Lunch: Biscuits and
peanut butter, Mars Bar.
Dinner: Pizza, ice-cream. |
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Aches: |
Feet sore. |
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Animals Seen: |
Deer, groundhogs, small snake, squirrels,
grouse. |
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People Seen: |
1 day hiker, many others. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6am after a showery
night. Didn’t sleep that well. Set off, still undecided whether to
ring Gordon and arrange to stay tonight and tomorrow. I walked to
the side-trail to Wawayanda Visitor Center, arriving there at 8:45am
and rang Gordon to see if it would be OK. He seemed pleased, so we
arranged that I would call him from Arden, still 22 miles along the
Trail. It was a very dull humid day and I set off along the Trail
hoping that my feet, particularly the right one, would be better in
the cooler weather and clean socks. The Trail was easier on the
feet with fewer rocks and flatter rocks and I didn’t push
it. Progress was not all that quick because there seemed to be many
escarpments to climb and descend using hands and muscles. It was
quite tiring, but I just kept plugging away and enjoyed the change
in terrain. In some places, the Trail was along the top of long
stretches of exposed rock which gave good views over the nearby
lakes. It was obviously a populated area with the sounds of
civilization evident and several roads to cross. I had a late lunch
at about 4:10pm and then pressed on non-stop for the last 6½ miles
to NY17 near Arden. More escarpments and progress was slow. I
arrived at the road at 8pm to find the telephone I had been counting
on vandalized. Very tired and not happy, I walked another mile to
the small Post Office at Arden along the railway line to where there
was supposed to be another phone. If there was, it was inside and
locked. I walked to NY17 and began to hitch south at 8:30pm. It
was getting dark and I realised I may as well start walking to the
next town, 2½ miles away since no-one in New York was going to pick
me up after dark. After a mile, I got a lift from a shift worker to
Sloatsburg, about 12 miles down the road, arriving at 9:15pm. I
rang Gordon and then ate a pizza sitting on the footpath watching
the world go by while Gordon made the long trip out to get me. It
was quite pleasant sitting there with the prospect of a day
off. Gordon arrived while I was buying some ice-cream and drink and
we drove back to his house at Sparkill arriving at 10:30pm. It was
great to see Gordon and Pam again, and Aidan soon woke up and joined
in the fun. We stayed up talking till about 1am and then I went to
sleep in Aidan’s room. |
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