Monday, August 18, 2014

Monday, August 11, 2014

IMp to Gorham.

Good easy hike into town . In by 1000 and 2.5 days off. Get meds. Car . Tm royalty inn. 

Pinkham notch to imp shelter

Brutal climb up wildcat to long break with usual crew. Down to carter hut. Big lunch there pancakes and soup. Hike out sucked in rain. Drenched. Hike good till lost cell phone . Hiked back 2 miles . Got imp shelter just in time for thunder storm. The trail was suicide. Slid down mountain grabbed tree wrecked arm. 

Lakes to Pinkham notch

Hiked with Abear, pockets, Gazaille and gorgamel . Awesome day . Mt Washington in the am. Storms all around. Hiked hard and fast. Madison hut was great as always . Great soup . Made to the notch by 6. Camped with the crew and with Gazaille went to dinner at the cafeteria. Watched beaver film . 

Crawford notch to lake of the clouds

Same crew. Abear and pockets as well. Good hard hike . Mitzpah we stopped and we all had leftover enchiladas . We all made it to lakes at 2:30-3:30 pm. It was myself, tie dye, Abear, pockets, gorgamel, Gazaille , oops, and vista and scampi. Work for stay sucked. Scrub walls . Abear arranged books. I almost lodged a Larry david like complaint. Good day. 

Stealth site to Crawford Notch

Hiked with vista all day. Had good time. We hiked to gale head and had a good break, then hiked to zeeland hut for lunch. Easy day. Hiked to Crawford with Gazaille and gogamel. Hitched into highland center and saw lost boy. Stayed in bunk with ups. Lots of laughs and tons of food. 

Franconia notch to stealth site

Hiked with vista and tie dye. Up on ridge had great weather . Hung out on each mt. Vista lagging behind. We got to bunker on Garfield by 4:40. Hung out with sobos till about sunrise. Vista and I hiked to stealth spot a mile or so past shelter.