Day: |
107 |
Date: |
Sunday, 17 August 1986. |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
22.6 |
Daily Other Miles |
0 |
Total
AT Miles: |
2051.8 |
Total All Miles |
2109.8 |
Weather: |
Warm, very humid, partly sunny. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Eggs, pancakes, orange juice.
Lunch: Biscuits and peanut butter, health bar. Dinner:
Macaroni cheese, instant pudding. |
Aches: |
None bad. |
Animals Seen: |
None. |
People Seen: |
10 overnight hikers, 5 day hikers, many
others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
I got up at 6:15am and after breakfast
(big!) left Monson at about 7:40am. Geoff and Jerry left with me
and we all did the long road-walk out of town followed by a climb up
on to a ridge on new trail. The going was slow, but the forest was
pretty and the Trail passed a number of attractive lakes. Geoff
dropped behind. The Trail passed by Little Wilson Falls which were
very pretty and followed by the first ford of the day. The Trail
then dropped off the ridge back onto a road and we had about five
miles of road-walking, some of it in hot sun on a very humid
day. We reached the point where the Trail left the road and
immediately had to ford Long Pond Stream. We had lunch on the
opposite bank at about 3pm while socks and feet dried, before
leaving at 4pm to climb up 2000+’ Barren Mountain in very hot
conditions. There were some good, but hazy, views on the way
up. Once over the peak, the Trail descended and I reached Cloud
Pond Lean-To at about 6:15pm. It only had a dirt floor, but was in
a very attractive setting by a lake. Jerry arrived shortly after
me, and Geoff at about 8:15pm. It had begun to rain at about
7:45pm, and got heavier. I blew out my candle soon after 9pm. |
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