For the second day in a row I woke up wet, the water bladder had leaked in the night all over rate tent floor and my stuff was wet again. To make matters worse I found out in that night that my pad was shot and needed to be repaired. I was starting the day … Continue reading Day hikers
Disaster, I couldn't believe what had happened, in the night we had tented in the only smooth spot on the peak and it just so happened to be the only spot were water collected as well. Twiggs was soaked through and through, all of his gear and bedding was toast, not one piece of his … Continue reading The Hutts
I had to wait in town for my rain jacket, I had lent it to Thor at the last hostel and he hadn't returned it yet. He was suppose to be in town that morning and all I could do was to wait while my friends hiked out. It was so unbelievably frustrating having to … Continue reading Sleeping at 5300 ft
Getting our gear together we piled into Miss Janet's Van. We had a mountain to crush and all of us were excited to start The Whites. Getting dropped off I dawned my skirt and with all hiker traditions embraced the oddity. You see the guys hiked this one in dresses, I couldn't tell you why … Continue reading Mount Moosilauke
We sat around all morning after breakfast, doing nothing but laying in bed and talking. We had no reason to get out with ten miles to make it to the hostel, so we could start the White Mountains. Enjoying our lazy morning we slowly made our way to the outside. Flailing was trying to get … Continue reading Short and Quick
Packing up the following day I felt great, alive, ready to conquer the world. My legs brand new carried me swiftly and steadily to the next gap along the road. It became apparent how good I was feeling when i waited for the others to catch me at the last water source before the climb. … Continue reading Feeling Great, Maple Syrup Great
Just like every morning Earthling had her cold coffee, neither Flailing or I ever understand why. With that we were off up over the trail and hills. We had full resupplies and our packs were heavy, hers more so than ours. For some reason she had decided to pack the raw vegetables to eat healthy, … Continue reading Are you ready?
Flailing and I went our separate ways once we reached town that morning. He had to hitch to Boston to exchange gear and I had to get my resupplies taken care of. I exchanged my shoes at the outfitter before heading back into town to check on mailed packages at the other outfitter. The local … Continue reading Hanover Games
After the nights events Flailing and I were unable to sleep, by morning we had a total of a two or so hours of sleep. We were so tired and beat that it was hard to think, hard to concentrate, focus on anything. The problem was we still had to hike out, we had about … Continue reading So tired we couldnt see straight
I decided, well, we all decided to take the next day off. My knee and thigh were sore and needed a day to rest. We ate breakfast downstairs in the deli, which was a large three room restaurant. The hand carved wood decor, trimmed in tanned leather and other natural accents reminded me of the … Continue reading Two great days and a fist fight
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